DOS Log using System.out.println() 

by Michael Thomas

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This set of files is an example use DOS to create a log from Java's System.out.println().  This may be helpful during development and debugging.

Files involved: 

• MyDosLogSystemOut.java - simple .java file for testing this example.
  public class MyDosLogSystemOut {
  public static void main( String [] args ) {
    System.out.println( "Example of Dos logging of System.out.println()" );
    for ( int x=1; x < 30; x++ ) {
      System.out.println("" + x + ". Example");
    }
   }
  }
• MyDosLogSystemOut_compile.bat - Example of batch file that logs compile errors.
  Contents of File:
  javac MyDosLogSystemOut.java > MyDosLogSystemOut_compile.log 2>&1
  type MyDosLogSystemOut_compile.log 
  pause
• MyDosLogSystemOut_run.bat - Example of batch file that logs run time info using Java's System.out.println()
  Contents of File:
  set JavaDosLogSystemOut=MyDosLogSystemOut_run.log
  echo ############################################ >> %JavaDosLogSystemOut%
  date /T >> %JavaDosLogSystemOut%
  time /T >> %JavaDosLogSystemOut%
  java MyDosLogSystemOut >> %JavaDosLogSystemOut% 2>&1
  type %JavaDosLogSystemOut%
  pause