Where are Magento s log files located

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I am new to Magento  I can t find log files in Magento  I googled it  but the Magento Commerce site returns closed and some other sites explain how to create custom log files  I want to know the location of built-in log files

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You can find them in  var log within your root Magento installation  There will usually be two files by default  exception log and system log   If the directories or files don t exist  create them and give them the correct permissions  then enable logging within Magento by going to System  gt  Configuration  gt  Developer  gt  Log Settings  gt  Enabled   Yes

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To create your custom log file  try this code  Mage  log  your debug message   null   yourlog filename log      Refer this Answer

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You can find the log within you Magento root directory under   var log   there are two types of log files system log and exception log  you need to give the correct permission to var folder  then enable logging from your Magento admin by going to   System  gt  Configuration gt  Developer  gt  Log Settings  gt  Enable   Yes   system log is used for general debugging and catches almost all log entries from Magento  including warning  debug and errors messages from both native and custom modules   exception log is reserved for exceptions only  for example when you are using try-catch statement   To output to either the default system log or the exception log see the following code examples   Mage  log  My log entry    Mage  log  My log message     myVariable   Mage  log  myArray   Mage  log  myObject   Mage  logException  e     You can create your own log file for more debugging  Mage  log  My log entry   null   mylogfile log

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These code lines can help you quickly enable log setting in your magento site  INSERT INTO  core config data    config id    scope    scope id    path    value   VALUES       default   0   dev log active    1          default   0   dev log file    system log          default   0   dev log exception file    exception log     Then you can see them inside the folder   var log under root installation  More detail in this blog

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