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Good Day Everyone!
I've got a goofy situation that I can't find an answer to & I'm hoping someone can steer me in the correct direction:
When I use VirtualBox (4.1.0 r76795 in OS X 10.6.8 on MacBook Pro Model3,1 2.2 gHz Core2Duo 2gb RAM) it places a log file into my application folder. Each time I use VB, another log file is added. It isn't in the VB folder, just in the root of the application folder.
Where is it supposed to go? How do I get it to go there?
Thanks!
Paul

What is the exact name of this "log file"?

Hi PerryG!
The 3 files that are in the Applications folder are:

2012-03-24-15-18-39.071-VBoxSVC-1064.log

2012-03-24-12-55-03.046-VBoxSVC-467.log

2012-03-24-12-44-07.001-VBoxSVC-320.log

Thank You!
Paul

Please check if there's a ticket open for this already on the public bug tracker, and if not, create one.

@michaln,

These are the VBoxSVC files and not the guests actual log file, that are being stored on the host. I have them in my ~/.VirtualBox main folder as I suspect everyone does in the appropriate location.

Are you saying this is not normal?

Perryg wrote:@michaln,

These are the VBoxSVC files and not the guests actual log file, that are being stored on the host. I have them in my ~/.VirtualBox main folder as I suspect everyone does in the appropriate location.

Are you saying this is not normal?

It's may be "normal" but it's wrong. The /Applications folder is not the OS X equivalent of ~/.VirtualBox.

To be clear, the files are supposed to be generated, but they should not be under /Applications on OS X.

I'm a little confused. These 3 files are the only ones in Applications folder. I did a search of the computer (both partitions) and there are no more of these files. I've opened, used and closed the VM 4 or 5 times since these log files were generated. The computer's been re-booted a couple of times. (Not sure if any of that matters.)
I tried to remember what I was doing with the VM at the times indicated & IF I remember correctly, I was trying to get the VM to see my USB DVD drive.

Here is a copy of what is in one of them (They are all the same except for the time stamp in line one):
Log created: 2012-03-24T12:55:03.461015000Z
Executable: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxSVC
this=00813060 mUniState=9

I tried searching the manual and this forum, but managed to confuse myself. What are they for & when are they generated?
Thanks Very Much! (Again)
Paul

Paul,

The files you are seeing are normal but michaln is saying that they should not be stored in the application folder, which I agree with by the way.
What he is saying is you should open a ticket at bugtracker so it can be corrected in a future version.
I did a quick check and did not find an open or closed ticket for this so just create a new ticket.

You may actually refer to this topic at bugtracker to help explain your concerns. The files actually help in determining where an error occurs but the actual VBox.log* file is the main file needed to track down errors in the program or the execution of the guest.

Thank you PerryG & Michain
I submitted a bug ticket. (Hopefully I did it correctly.)
Since I don't see new versions of these files being created, I'm curious. What are they used for & when are they created?
Thanks,
Paul