How to write the "Event Log" to a text file

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How to write the "Event Log" to a text file

I need to save the Event Log to a text file. I know how to create the external text file, using something like this...

set myLogFile to open for access POSIX file "/Users/tjingrassia/Desktop/myScript.txt" with write permission

write "some text" to myLogFile

close access myLogFile

My question is, how do I replace "some text" with the Event Log?

Also, is it possible to have this be done on the fly. My purpose is to track the status of a Handbrake CLI rip. The Event Log gives the percentage of the encode completed, but I'd like to be able to access that info, as it's happening, externally. Sort of a workaround for AppleScript not being able to do a progress bar.

Posted on Jul 14, 2014 4:57 AM

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Jul 14, 2014 11:41 AM in response to tjingrassia

Handbrake probably writes a text event log — check with the Handbrake folks for where that's written, and then either review that or copy that.

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Jul 14, 2014 12:11 PM in response to MrHoffman

Handbrake does have a log but I also want the info from the Events Log. Also I'd like to know for future reference, for use in other scripts.

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red_menace

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Jul 14, 2014 7:41 PM in response to tjingrassia

The Event Log is just a feature of the AppleScript Editor - it is monitoring the Apple Events from the script and formatting them into their human-readable form. You might be able to write an application to do the same thing, but it will be a whole lot of work, and I'm not sure about intercepting Apple Events for another application.

Regular AppleScript doesn't provide a progress bar, but you can create one using a Cocoa-AppleScript application.

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