Init logging to file

node-daemon/src/main.rs

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 pub async fn run() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let opts = node_lib::Options::from_args(std::env::args_os());
-    logging::init_logging();
-    logging::log::info!("Command line options: {opts:?}");
     let setup_result = node_lib::setup(opts).await?;
     match setup_result {
         node_lib::NodeSetupResult::Node(node) => {

node-gui/backend/src/lib.rs

@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ pub async fn node_initialize(
         let mut opts = node_lib::Options::from_args(std::env::args_os());
         let run_opts = {
             // For the GUI, we configure different defaults, such as disabling RPC server binding
+            // and enabling logging to a file.
             let mut run_opts = RunOptions::default();
             run_opts.rpc_enabled = Some(run_opts.rpc_enabled.unwrap_or(false));
+            run_opts.log_to_file = Some(run_opts.log_to_file.unwrap_or(true));
             run_opts
         };
         opts.command = match network {
@@ -135,9 +137,6 @@ pub async fn node_initialize(
         opts
     };
 
-    logging::init_logging();
-    logging::log::info!("Command line options: {opts:?}");
-
     let (request_tx, request_rx) = unbounded_channel();
     let (event_tx, event_rx) = unbounded_channel();
     let (low_priority_event_tx, low_priority_event_rx) = unbounded_channel();
@@ -150,9 +149,7 @@ pub async fn node_initialize(
                 node_lib::NodeSetupResult::Node(node) => node,
                 node_lib::NodeSetupResult::DataDirCleanedUp => {
                     // TODO: find more friendly way to report the message and shut down GUI
-                    anyhow::bail!(
-                "Data directory is now clean. Please restart the node without `--clean-data` flag"
-            );
+                    anyhow::bail!("Data directory is now clean. Please restart the node without `--clean-data` flag");
                 }
             };
 

node-lib/src/options.rs

@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ pub enum Command {
     Regtest(Box<RegtestOptions>),
 }
 
+impl Command {
+    pub fn run_options(&self) -> &RunOptions {
+        match self {
+            Command::Mainnet(run_options) | Command::Testnet(run_options) => run_options,
+            Command::Regtest(regtest_options) => &regtest_options.run_options,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Args, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct RegtestOptions {
     #[clap(flatten)]
@@ -80,6 +89,11 @@ pub struct RunOptions {
     #[clap(long, short, action = clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)]
     pub clean_data: Option<bool>,
 
+    /// Log to a file instead of stdout
+    #[clap(long, action = clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)]
+    #[arg(hide = true)]
+    pub log_to_file: Option<bool>,
+
     /// Minimum number of connected peers to enable block production.
     #[clap(long, value_name = "COUNT")]
     pub blockprod_min_peers_to_produce_blocks: Option<usize>,