world2.chat and its behaviours

[Zorno]

Hello,

if im right, world2.chat is the file with all the chat in it. Its getting bigger and bigger and bigger because it logs all chat all the time.
First i have a questions. If i just delete it, will logservice create a new one by itself or do i have to make an empty file to kick old logs ?

I made a php script which reads the last 20 lines and decode it. This works just fine ( its very similar to the livechat plugin for pwAdmin ) and when i do a little cosmetic it will be fine for chatting without logging in. Its only the ingame part so no chatting atm, just reading the ingame chat. I know we can inject messages into it but they are always system broadcasts ( dunno how to get it working to write in chat as a player ) and i try to find out how to inject to worldchat or trade chat ( no one uses trade chat so this one whould be perfect as "offline" chat )

Any infos about the File and ways to inject into it whould be great.

[MentaL]

[das7002]

Hello,

if im right, world2.chat is the file with all the chat in it. Its getting bigger and bigger and bigger because it logs all chat all the time.
First i have a questions. If i just delete it, will logservice create a new one by itself or do i have to make an empty file to kick old logs ?

I made a php script which reads the last 20 lines and decode it. This works just fine ( its very similar to the livechat plugin for pwAdmin ) and when i do a little cosmetic it will be fine for chatting without logging in. Its only the ingame part so no chatting atm, just reading the ingame chat. I know we can inject messages into it but they are always system broadcasts ( dunno how to get it working to write in chat as a player ) and i try to find out how to inject to worldchat or trade chat ( no one uses trade chat so this one whould be perfect as "offline" chat )

Any infos about the File and ways to inject into it whould be great.

It's a log file...
Not a read and output data file

add this line to your crontab (adjusting paths as needed)
0 0 * * * gzip /PWSever/logservice/world2.chat && echo > /PWServer/logservice/world2.chat

That compresses the current log at midnight and when its done it then erases truncates the file for new data to be added

[Zorno]

It's a log file...
Not a read and output data file

I know that it is a log file. Mah question was a bit wrong. I want to know how to kickout messages to the server that are not system broadcasts

add this line to your crontab (adjusting paths as needed)
0 0 * * * gzip /PWSever/logservice/world2.chat && echo > /PWServer/logservice/world2.chat

That compresses the current log at midnight and when its done it then erases truncates the file for new data to be added

I dont want to have compressed data, i want to thrash the whole data and start a fresh file lol. So i just want to know if it is ok to delete the file or if i have to create an empty file for that.

[das7002]

I know that it is a log file. Mah question was a bit wrong. I want to know how to kickout messages to the server that are not system broadcasts


I dont want to have compressed data, i want to thrash the whole data and start a fresh file lol. So i just want to know if it is ok to delete the file or if i have to create an empty file for that.

You can empty it... that is what the second part does

[Zorno]

You can empty it... that is what the second part does

perfect Thanks again