From 8c6d8a3c22ac33b8b86be8dc15c7bca2cfe41f75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ed <s@ocv.me>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:57:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] logfile colors

---
 README.md           | 28 ++++++++++++++++++
 copyparty/svchub.py | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e45801c..ab930670 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ built in Norway 🇳🇴 with contributions from [not-norway](https://github.com
     * [searching](#searching) - search by size, date, path/name, mp3-tags, ...
 * [server config](#server-config) - using arguments or config files, or a mix of both
     * [version-checker](#version-checker) - sleep better at night
+    * [logging](#logging) - serverlog is sent to stdout by default
     * [zeroconf](#zeroconf) - announce enabled services on the LAN ([pic](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215344737-0eae8d98-9496-4256-9aa8-cd2f6971810d.png))
         * [mdns](#mdns) - LAN domain-name and feature announcer
         * [ssdp](#ssdp) - windows-explorer announcer
@@ -1339,6 +1340,33 @@ config file example:
 ```
 
 
+## logging
+
+serverlog is sent to stdout by default  (but logging to a file is also possible)
+
+"stdout" usually means either the terminal, or journalctl, or whatever is collecting logs from your docker containers, so that depends on your setup
+
+* [-q](https://copyparty.eu/cli/#g-q) disables logging to stdout, and may improve performance a little bit
+  * combine it with `-lo logfolder/cpp-%Y-%m-%d.txt` to log to a file instead
+  * the `%Y-%m-%d` makes it create a new logfile every day, with the date as filename
+* `-lo whatever.txt` can be used without `-q` to log to both at the same time
+  * by default, the logfile will have colors if the terminal does (usually the case)
+  * use the [textfile-viewer](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8a828947-2fae-4df9-bd2a-3de46f42d478) or `less -R` in a terminal to see colors correctly
+* if you want [no colors](https://youtu.be/biW5UVGkPMA?t=148):
+  * `--flo 2` disables colors for just the logfile
+  * `--no-ansi` disables colors for both the terminal and logfile
+
+config file example:
+
+```yaml
+[global]
+  log-date: %Y-%m-%d  # show dates on stdout too
+  lo: /var/log/cpp/%Y-%m-%d.txt  # logfile path
+  flo: 2  # just text (no colors) in logfile
+  q       # disable stdout; use logfile only
+```
+
+
 ## zeroconf
 
 announce enabled services on the LAN ([pic](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215344737-0eae8d98-9496-4256-9aa8-cd2f6971810d.png))  -- `-z` enables both [mdns](#mdns) and [ssdp](#ssdp)
diff --git a/copyparty/svchub.py b/copyparty/svchub.py
index fd581c20..b3f409eb 100644
--- a/copyparty/svchub.py
+++ b/copyparty/svchub.py
@@ -196,7 +196,14 @@ class SvcHub(object):
         self.log_div = 10 ** (6 - args.log_tdec)
         self.log_efmt = "%02d:%02d:%02d.%0{}d".format(args.log_tdec)
         self.log_dfmt = "%04d-%04d-%06d.%0{}d".format(args.log_tdec)
-        self.log = self._log_disabled if args.q else self._log_enabled
+
+        if args.q:
+            self.log = self._log_disabled
+        elif args.lo and args.flo == 2 and not self.no_ansi:
+            self.log = self._log_en_f2
+        else:
+            self.log = self._log_enabled
+
         if args.lo:
             self._setup_logfile(printed)
 
@@ -1714,6 +1721,69 @@ class SvcHub(object):
                 if not self.args.no_logflush:
                     self.logf.flush()
 
+    def _log_en_f2(self, src: str, msg: str, c: Union[int, str] = 0) -> None:
+        with self.log_mutex:
+            dt = datetime.now(self.tz)
+            if dt.day != self.cday or dt.month != self.cmon:
+                if self.args.log_date:
+                    zs = dt.strftime(self.args.log_date)
+                    self.log_efmt = "%s %s" % (zs, self.log_efmt.split(" ")[-1])
+                zs = "{}\n" if self.no_ansi else "\033[36m{}\033[0m\n"
+                zs = zs.format(dt.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
+                print(zs, end="")
+                self._set_next_day(dt)
+                if self.logf:
+                    self.logf.write(zs)
+
+            ts = self.log_efmt % (
+                dt.hour,
+                dt.minute,
+                dt.second,
+                dt.microsecond // self.log_div,
+            )
+
+            # logfile:
+            if not c:
+                fmt = "%s %-21s  LOG: %s\n"
+            elif c == 1:
+                fmt = "%s %-21s CRIT: %s\n"
+            elif c == 3:
+                fmt = "%s %-21s WARN: %s\n"
+            elif c == 6:
+                fmt = "%s %-21s  BTW: %s\n"
+            else:
+                fmt = "%s %-21s  LOG: %s\n"
+            fsrc = RE_ANSI.sub("", src) if "\033" in src else src
+            fmsg = RE_ANSI.sub("", msg) if "\033" in msg else msg
+            fmsg = fmt % (ts, fsrc, fmsg)
+
+            # stdout ansi:
+            fmt = "\033[36m%s \033[33m%-21s \033[0m%s\n"
+            if not c:
+                pass
+            elif isinstance(c, int):
+                msg = "\033[3%sm%s\033[0m" % (c, msg)
+            elif "\033" not in c:
+                msg = "\033[%sm%s\033[0m" % (c, msg)
+            else:
+                msg = "%s%s\033[0m" % (c, msg)
+
+            msg = fmt % (ts, src, msg)
+            try:
+                print(msg, end="")
+            except UnicodeEncodeError:
+                try:
+                    print(msg.encode("utf-8", "replace").decode(), end="")
+                except:
+                    print(msg.encode("ascii", "replace").decode(), end="")
+            except OSError as ex:
+                if ex.errno != errno.EPIPE:
+                    raise
+
+            self.logf.write(fmsg)
+            if not self.args.no_logflush:
+                self.logf.flush()
+
     def pr(self, *a: Any, **ka: Any) -> None:
         try:
             with self.log_mutex: