# How to view the logs.bin.gz file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-view-the-logs-bin-gz-file/9162>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-view-the-logs-bin-gz-file/9162 "2014-10-09T22:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeS](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JoeS)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-view-the-logs-bin-gz-file/9162/1 "2014-10-09T22:24:58Z")

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What software do you use to view the logs.bin.gz file(s)? Is this really a zipped file that would be extracted as just a \*.bin file and then mounted to a virtual cd drive?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-view-the-logs-bin-gz-file/9162/2 "2014-10-09T23:40:28Z")

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It’s a binary format that we have a custom viewer for; there’s nothing you can do with it currently. You can find the same information in the wrapper.logs.N files in plaintext.