# Gateway Log Folder

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-folder/94670>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 14, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-folder/94670 "2024-08-14T20:28:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-log-folder/94670/3 "2024-08-14T21:35:41Z")

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> [@Event Configuration Print Out to debug](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/event-configuration-print-out-to-debug/60091/5):
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> It’s complicated slight_smile Starting from most local to least… In the script console, print will log directly to the output buffer on the right hand side. system.util.getLogger() will log to the named ‘Output Console’ Designer window. Bonus: A script invoked from here using system.util.invokeAsync will print to the regular output console, not the buffer on the right hand side. Anywhere else in the designer (except Perspective), print and system.util.getLogger will log to the ‘Out…

The wrapper log is a strict superset of the system logs, _but_ collapses formatting information to plain text.

Both can be opened by many off the shelf tools. If you want a nice GUI (for either file) you can use Kindling:

> [@Kindling - a collection of tools to help with Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/kindling-a-collection-of-tools-to-help-with-ignition/54689):
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> Happy new year, and all that! I wanted to debut for the community something I've been working on for a little while, and hopefully it's useful to somebody out there. The full story: Long ago I worked as a support rep at IA. While there, I made some tools for internal use; Vision windows attached to an internal gateway that knew how to parse our log IDB files and thread dump files and display them in a more useful way. Recently, I had some downtime, and wanted to take on a new project, so I recr…

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