eworm-de.routeros-scripts_main/DEBUG.md

Debug output and logs
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Sometimes scripts do not behave as expected. In these cases debug output
or logs can help.

## Debug output

Run this command in a terminal:

    :set PrintDebug true;

You will then see debug output when running the script from terminal.

To revert to default output run:

    :set PrintDebug false;

### Debug output for specific script

Even having debug output for a specific script or function only (or a
set of) is possible. To enable debug output for `telegram-chat` run:

    :set ($PrintDebugOverride->"telegram-chat") true;

## Debug logs

The debug info can go to system log. To make it show up in `memory` run:

    /system/logging/add topics=script,debug action=memory;

Other actions (`disk`, `email`, `remote` or `support`) can be used as
well. I do not recommend using `echo` - use [debug output](#debug-output)
instead.

Disable or remove that setting to restore regular logging.

## Verbose output

Specific scripts can generate huge amount of output. These do use a function
`$LogPrintVerbose`, which is declared, but has no code, intentionally.

If you *really* want that output set the function to be the same as
`$LogPrint`:

    :set LogPrintVerbose $LogPrint;

To revert that change just run:

    :set LogPrintVerbose;

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