View source for FAQ Where can I find that elusive .log file?

Whenever it encounters a problem that does not warrant launching a dialog, Eclipse saves a report in the workspace log file.  The log file can be looked at in four alternative ways.

*''' Window &gt; Show View &gt; PDE Runtime &gt; Error Log'''.  This gives you a view with the contents of the <tt>.log</tt> file.

*'''Help &gt; About Eclipse Platform &gt; Configuration Details'''.  This prints out a great number of details about the environment and also  concatenates the <tt>.log</tt> file. Great for including in a bug report.

*Locate the file yourself, see <tt>workspace/.metadata/.log</tt> or <tt>eclipse/configuration/*.log</tt>

*Start Eclipse using <tt>-consoleLog</tt>. This will print the messages that normally go to the <tt>.log</tt> file in the enclosing shell/command window.

When the Java VM suffers a hard crash, it produces a separate logging file named something like <tt>hs_err_pid<em>XXXXX</em>.log</tt>.  These files are also helpful for diagnosing problems.

== See Also: ==
*[[FAQ How do I use the platform logging facility?]]

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