Chapter 6. TimeStamper

Table of Contents

Command Line Reference
Quick Start

TimeStamper is an utility application to add timestamps to log files. TimeStamper has default options for ease of use with The Lord of the Rings Online, but can be used for any game that writes log files without timestamps.

Command Line Reference

ParseThisTimeStamper.exe [-d directory] [pattern...]

When no options are given TimeStamper will defaultly watch %UserProfile%\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online for Combat_*.txt and General_*.txt. Ctrl+c can be used to shut TimeStamper down. When a new file is detected that matches one of the patterns TimeStamper will start writing a new file with logwatch- appended in front of the original file name.

Example 6.1. Example TimeStamper Output

Monitoring C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\ for the following patterns:
Combat_*.txt
General_*.txt

Adding timestamps to Combat_20081205_4.txt.
Closing Combat_20081205_4.txt...
Stopping directory monitor...
				


In the example above TimeStamper is being used to watch for The Lord of the Rings Online log files. When Combat_20081205_4.txt is detected a new file, logwatch-Combat_20081205_4.txt, is created with timestamps. This new file can now be monitored and parsed by ParseThis.