Last Log

View and manage your log files. Fully configurable.

Features

Last Log provides a convenient way to open the most recently modified file within a folder in a new VS Code editor tab.

Additionally, it offers optional automated cleanup of older files and empty directories based on configurable age settings.

It works with any file type but can be configured to target specific file extensions.

Usage

The extension can be utilized in three ways:

Via the Status Bar button on the left side
Through the Command Palette using the "Open last log" command
By configuring a custom Keybinding

command

status bar

Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

Variable	Default	Description
`lastLog.folderPath`	`logs`	The path to the log files relative to the workspace folder. To go up to the parent folder, add '..\' at the start of the path for each level you want to go up.
`lastLog.includeSubfolders`	`true`	Specifies if logs in subfolders are to be included, with no limit on subfolder depth.
`lastLog.fileExtension`	`log`	The file extension of the log files. Use '*' to match any file type.
`lastLog.excludeFolders`	`[]`	An array of folder names to exclude when includeSubfolders is true.
`lastLog.logRetentionTime`	`0`	Sets the maximum age in minutes for log files in the workspace. Files older than this limit will be deleted. Set to 0 to disable this functionality and prevent deletion of log files.
`lastLog.deleteExcludedFolders`	`false`	When true, log files inside excluded folders will be deleted based on the logRetentionTime setting. When false, excluded folders will be ignored and not deleted.
`lastLog.deleteEmptyFolders`	`false`	When true, empty subfolders will be deleted. When false, empty subfolders will be ignored and not deleted.

Deletion actions will be triggered when opening a log file.

Example configuration

{
 "lastLog.folderPath": "myLogsFolder",
 "lastLog.includeSubfolders": true,
 "lastLog.fileExtension": "txt",
 "lastLog.excludeFolders": [
  "nameFolder1", "nameFolder2"
 ],
 "lastLog.logRetentionTime": 60,
 "lastLog.deleteExcludedFolders": true,
 "lastLog.deleteEmptyFolders": true
}

Credits

Main icon by @OllyLove

Enjoy!

Last log

Francesco Anzalone