Log2file - Store log files in user specific folder

[JeroenIoT]

Hello,

I am the feature log2file in platformio. This is a very useful feature which I do use a lot.

• Feature Request.

• The problem I am facing is that the number of log files pile up in my project's root folder.
  Often there are too many and I have to move the log files to another folder.

• My request is that there is another variable in platformio.ini which allows me to specify the folder (within the project folder) in which the logs files are stored.
  For example:

  Platformio.ini:
     monitor_filters = default, time, log2file ; 
     monitor_log_dir = logs;  (new / not exisiting at this moment)
  
  So the new variable "monitor_log_dir = logs" would place the logs in 
  C:\Users\username\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\project_root\logs\
  

• If the folder does not exist it should be created.

Hope this is clear and feedback is welcome. Also discussed this topic here

[ivankravets]

Thanks for the report. PlatformIO will use the libs folder for saving monitor logs.

Please re-test with pio upgrade --dev.

[JeroenIoT]

• Upgraded to PlatformIO Core, version 6.1.7a4
• Tested:
• Compiled with no changes to platformio.ini
  monitor_filters = default, time, log2file ; adds time tracking to the TERMINAL and enables logging
• Log files are stored in project folder in folder logs (not in libs as you wrote above)
• Example:
  C:\Users\username\Documents\PlatformIO\Projects\pioProjectName\logs
• In case logs folder does not exists it is automatically generated