ELOG Contributions

Bubble for pleasure by L'ange noir

Mon Aug 1 09:35:26 2005 by Alex H

The original theme is from Francois Cukier but I have change a some color 
and font.

Francois Cukier  said : "Uncompress "Bubble.zip" in your Elog default 
folder if you want to replace the original elog theme. Otherwise, if you 
decompress it in another folder, you will need to modify your elogd.cfg 
file as described at this adress: http://midas.psi.ch/elog/config.html"

Do it at the same ;o)

I want to thanks Francois Cukier and Stephan Ritt for their works, so 
THANKS a lot !

I wait your comments :o).


-UPDATE------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005/08/1 : Alexander Sheremet correct CSS bug thanks to it, archive re-uploaded

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Fri Sep 9 12:08:26 2011

Andreas Luedeke

andreas.luedeke@psi.ch

create incremental daily backups of logbooks for Unix/Linux

Beta

A very simple backup utility for elog logbooks.
If you want to recover your logbook from corrupted entries, an incremental backup comes in handy:
you can just replace the corrupted files with the previous versions.
Below is a very simple wrapper to create backups of the logbook into some local directory (/logbooks_backup in
the example script). The second wrapper lists the files in a given ".tar" archive.

You would run the backup from a cron job with the line:
1 0 * * * /usr/local/elog/elog_backup_daily

This will create daily backups of modified logbook and config files and a weekly backup of the password file
/usr/local/elog/passwd.txt (if you wonder why: our passwd.txt file has more than 1 MByte and of course it
changes with every login).

elog_backup_daily (copy to /usr/local/elog) script to create tar file and remove tar files older than 90 days
exclude-logbooks  (copy to /usr/local/elog) list of files to be excluded in backup (thumbnails, etc.) 
elog_backup_listfiles (copy to /usr/local/bin) shows content of a given tar file (omits directories in list)

Attachment 1: elog_backup_daily

#!/bin/sh
# source file directory
srcd=/usr/local/elog/

# backup all files newer than 25 hours
date=$(date -d "-25hours" "+%Y%m%d %H:%M")
# backup file directory
tard=/logbooks_backup
# backup tar file name
tarf=$tard/$(date +%Y%m%d_%a.tar)
# do not backup files that match patterns in this file
excf=/usr/local/elog/exclude-logbooks
# create backup
cd $srcd
tar --ignore-case -X $excf --newer "$date" -cf $tarf . logbooks/*

# copy passwd.txt
if [ "$(date +%u)" -eq 1 ]
then
	passwd=$tard/passwd_$(date +%Y%m%d_%a.txt)
	cp $srcd/passwd.txt $passwd
	gzip -9 $passwd
fi
# delete all backups older than 90 days
find $tard -mtime +90 -name "*_???.tar"           -exec rm -f {} +
find $tard -mtime +90 -name "passwd_*_???.txt.gz" -exec rm -f {} +

Attachment 2: exclude-logbooks

*.png.png
*.gif.png
*.jpg.png
*.pdf.png
oldLogbooks/*
logbooks/elog.log
passwd.txt
ssl/*
logbooks/Backup/*
logbooks/old/*

Attachment 3: elog_backup_listfiles

tar -tf $1|grep -v "^.*/$"

Tue Jul 26 10:16:22 2016

Andreas Luedeke

simon.ebner@psi.ch

Python module to read/write/edit/reply/delete ELOG entries

Tue Jul 26 10:26:34 2016 by Andreas Luedeke

Hello Everybody!
I would just like to inform you that there is a new Python module available to access and work with ELOG (read/write/edit/reply/delete).
Currently the module is only supported for Python version 3. The package is pure Python and has no special dependencies. Therefore you can use the package on any machine.

The documentation you can find on https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/py_elog

If you want to install the package in an Anaconda on your local machine just use
conda install -c paulscherrerinstitute elog
(also works from outside PSI - the package is available at https://anaconda.org/paulscherrerinstitute/elog)

If there are issues with the package please use the issue tracker that comes with the github repository
https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/py_elog/issues or let me know.

Best
Simon

Fri Sep 15 17:19:47 2017

Andreas Luedeke

andreas.luedeke@psi.ch

Check logbook files for wrong references

Fri Sep 15 17:41:41 2017 by Andreas Luedeke

You can run this little script to check if all entries referenced "In reply to:" do actually exist.

To use it, you first need to "cd" to your logbook directory ("cd /usr/local/elog/logbooks") and then run it without arguments "logcheck".

If it finds references pointing to a missing entry, it'll print the path to the file with the offending reference and some lines. For example:

### error: reference to entry 146, that exists 0 times. Reference is:
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log-<p>[...].</p>
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log-$ @ MID @ $: 147
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log-Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 13:44:03 +0200
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log:In reply to: 146
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log-Wann: 1336373261
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log-Autor: [...]
### Proscan/2012/120507a.log-Eintrag: Problem
[...]-

Very often this happens if an entry is deleted AFTER someone already replied to it. Normally that is no problem, but in some cases you might get infinite loops and that causes ELOG to hang. The script is not checking for loops, but wrong references might give you a hint where to look.

The script will print duplicate entries as well, if the referenced entry exist more than once.

Cheers, Andreas

PS: never include the string "$ @ MID @ $:" without spaces in an ELOG entry: apparently ELOG cuts off all text from that token on.

Attachment 1: logcheck

#!/usr/bin/perl
$cmd=q/find * -noleaf -maxdepth 0 -wholename Backup -prune -o -wholename en -prune -o -type d -exec printf '%s:' {} + /;
#print $cmd;
$logf=q/*\/[0-9][0-9][01][0-9][0-3][0-9]a.log/;
open(INP,$cmd . "2>/dev/null |") || die "can't open " . $cmd . ": $!";
$list=<INP>;
close(INP);
#print "list=" . $list ."\n";
foreach $dir (split(":",$list)) {
    chomp $dir;
    if (length($dir) > 1) {
        print "Check \"" . $dir . "\"\n";
        $files=$dir . "/" . $logf;
        $cmd="grep ^In.reply.to: " . $files . " 2>/dev/null | cut -d \" \" -f 4 | sort -nu |";
        open(INPB,$cmd) || die "can't open " . $cmd . ": $!";
        while (<INPB>) {
            chomp;
            $id=$_;
            $cmd="grep '[\$\]\@MID\@[\$\]:.$id\$' $files |";
            open(INPC,$cmd) || die "can't open " . $cmd . ": $!";
            $c=0;
            while (<INPC>) {$c++};
            close(INPC);
            if ($c != 1) {
                print "### error: reference to entry $id, that exists $c times. Reference is:\n";
                $cmd="grep -C 3 '^In.reply.to:.$id\$' $files |";
                #print $cmd;
                open(INPD,$cmd) || die "can't open " . $cmd . ": $!";
                while (<INPD>) {
                    print "### ".$_;
                }
                close(INPD);
            }
        }
        close(INPB);
    }
}

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Tue Dec 7 01:38:23 2021

Anthony J Krishock

ajkrishock@gmail.com

Astronomical logbook using Elog

Tue Dec 7 01:44:25 2021 by Anthony J Krishock

Hello all,

I became aware of the usefulness of Elog while working at Brookhaven National Lab. Since that time, I have developed a version of Elog that can be used as a log book for observations in Astronomy (my longtime hobby). Attached is my default.css theme and replacement icon files that match the theme. The color scheme is chosen to minimize bright lights and preserve night vision

To install, just place the default.css file in the default theme directory and copy over the icon files into the default theme directory and replace the default ones.

Comments and suggestions welcome!

Thank you

Attachment 1: theme.zip

Attachment 2: elog.PNG

Mon Jun 30 15:00:05 2014

Branislav Gardon

branislav.gardon@gmail.com

blue-gray theme

I`ve edited-prepared new default.css
It`s very simple but maybe will for someone useful.

Have a nice day.

regards
Branislav

Attachment 1: default.css

/* default formatting */
body {
  margin:3px;
  color:black;
  background-color:white;
  font-family:verdana,tahoma,sans-serif;
  /* background-image:url(elog.gif); */
}

/* standard link colors and decorations */
a:link { color:#000000; text-decoration:none }
a:visited { color:#606060; text-decoration:none }
a:hover { color:#FF0092; text-decoration:underline }
a:active { color:#FF0092; text-decoration:underline }
a:focus { color:#FF0092; text-decoration:underline }

td {
  color:black;
  font-size:12px;
}

/* frame table */
.frame {
  width:100%;
}

/* printable frame table */
.pframe {
  width:600px;
}

/* standard formatting for logbook tabs */
.tabs {
  font-family:sans-serif;
  font-size:10pt;
  background-color:white;
}

/* logbook selection page */
.selframe {
  width:60%;
  background-color:#486090; 
  border:1px solid #486090;
  font-size:10pt;
}

.seltitle {
  border:1px solid #486090;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#ffffff;
  color:#486090;
  text-align:center;
}

.selexp {
  border:1px solid #0000FF;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#CCCCFF;
  color:#486090;
  text-align:left;
  font-size:10pt;
}

.selspace {
  width:2%;
  border:1px solid #308000;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
}

.selgroup {
  border:1px solid #308000;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#00ffff;
  padding:3px;
  text-align:left;
  font-weight:bold;
  font-size:14pt;
}

.sellogbook {
  border:1px solid #486090;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#ffffff;
  padding:3px;
  text-align:left;
  font-weight:normal;
}

.selcomment {
  font-size:8pt;
}

.selentries {
  background-color:#ffffff;
  border:1px solid #486090;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  text-align:center;
  font-size:10pt;
}

/* unselected and selected group tabs */

.gtab a {
  background-color:#B0E0B0;
  padding-left:5px;
  padding-right:5px;
}

.gtab {
  background-color:#B0E0B0;
  border-right:1px solid #409040;
}

.sgtab a {
  color:white;
  padding-left:5px;
  padding-right:5px;
}

.sgtab {
  background-color:#486090;
  color:white;
  border-right:1px solid #084070;
}

.sgtab a:visited { color:white; } /* bug for IE */

/* unselected and selected logbook tabs */

.ltab a {
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  padding-left:5px;
  padding-right:5px;
}

.ltab {
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  border-right:1px solid gray;
}

.sltab a {
  background-color:#486090;
  color:white;
  padding-left:5px;
  padding-right:5px;
}

.sltab {
  background-color:#486090;
  color:white;
  border-left:1px solid #EEEEEE;
  border-right:1px solid #084070;
}

.sltab a:visited { color:white; } /* bug for IE */

/* logbook title, left, middle and right cell */

.title1 {
  padding:5px;
  background-color:#486090;
  border-bottom:1px solid black;
  border-left:1px solid #EEEEEE;
  color:#486090;
  font-size:small;
  font-family:sans-serif;
  text-align:left;
}

.title1 a:visited { color:#A0FFA0; }
.title1 a:link { color:#A0FFA0; }

.title2 {
  background-color:#486090;
  border-bottom:1px solid black;
  color:white;
  font-size:xs-small;
  font-family:sans-serif;
  text-align:right;
}

.title3 {
  border-bottom:1px solid black;
  border-right:1px solid black;
  background-color:#486090;
  text-align:right;
  width:100px;
}

/* main menu row */

.menuframe {
  border:1px solid #486090;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  height:29px;
}

.menu1 {
  text-align:left;
  font-size:10pt;
  vertical-align:middle;
}

.menu1a {
  text-align:center;
  width:110px;
  font-size:10pt;
  font-weight:bold;
  vertical-align:middle;
}

.menu2a {
  text-align:left;
  font-size:10pt;
}

.menu2b {
  text-align:right;
  font-size:10pt;
}

.menu3 {
  text-align:left;
  font-size:8pt;
  font-weight:bold;
}

.menu4 {
  text-align:right;
  font-size:10pt;
  vertical-align:middle;
}

.menucenter {
  border:1px solid #486090;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  text-align:center;
  font-size:10pt;
}

.toolframe {
  border:1px solid #486090;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  padding:2px;
}

/* frame table in listings */
.listframe {
  border:1px solid #0000FF;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1pc solid white;
  background-color:#486090;
  border:0px;
}

/* title row in listing */
.listtitle {
  border:1px solid #000000;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  font-size:10pt;  
  font-weight:normal;
  text-align:center;
  width:0%;
}

.listtitle2 {
  border:1px solid #000000;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  font-size:10pt;  
  font-weight:normal;
  text-align:center;
  width:100%;
}

.listtitle3 {
  border:1px solid #000000;
  border-top:1px solid white;
  border-left:1px solid white;
  background-color:#EEEEEE;
  text-align:center;
  width:0%;

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Mon Jan 7 08:45:10 2013

Bruce Weber

bruce.weber@inmarsat.com

Server time offset

Our server runs on local time, however, we require log entries to be in UTC (-0800hrs) - is there a command to achieve this?

Your assistance will be much appreciated

Thanks

Thu May 7 09:14:25 2015

sample systemd-unit file.

Use it as you like.

Attachment 1: elogd.service

[Unit]
Description=ELOG Daemon
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=@PREFIX@/elogd -D -c @PREFIX@/elog/elogd.cfg
StandardOutput=null

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Sun Aug 23 21:27:00 2015

Daniel Sajdyk

daniel.sajdyk@gmail.com

Tue Sep 1 07:39:45 2015 by Daniel Sajdyk

Simple theme

Beta

Hello.

I did simple theme for ELOG called "dansaj".

This is verision which I did for my ELOG, and if you have troubles in other configurations, please let me know, and we will correct it.

Vectors versions of icons you can find in oryginals folder (if you want to transform it).

The most current version you can download from my blog - Elog theme, czyli skórka, albo temat.

Regards

Daniel.

Attachment 1: choose_elog.png

Attachment 2: entry.png

Attachment 3: Full.png

Attachment 4: login.png

Attachment 5: Summary.png

Attachment 6: Threaded_demo_logbook.png

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Sat Sep 16 15:47:16 2017

David Pilgram

David.Pilgram@epost.org.uk

Re: Check logbook files for wrong references