fix bug where starting without an existing log breaks everything

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2026-03-19 22:48:33 -05:00
parent be5e928369
commit 7c1aeafab7

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log.cc
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@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
#include <fstream>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <ios>
#include "public.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "public.h"
// gets the number of lines in a file. returns -1 if there was an error.
int
@@ -29,21 +30,24 @@ int
writeToFile(string path, string line, bool incLineNum)
{
ofstream file;
struct stat s;
/*
* Hopefully this fixes the program messing up where the server/client
* doesn't start if the file wasn't created by a previous session.
* It APPEARS this fixes our problem where the program has to be run twice to work correctly.
*/
file.open(path, ios_base::out|ios_base::app);
if (stat(path.c_str(), &s) != 0) {
file.open(path, ios_base::out);
file << "SYSTEM: No log file found. Created a new one." << endl;
file.close();
linePos += 5; /* This seems to be what actually fixes everything. Not sure. */
}
file.open(path, ios_base::app);
if (file.is_open()) {
file << line << endl;
file.close();
// this probably would help but theres too much broken stuff
// right now to be sure if (incLineNum)
//{
// linePos++;
// }
//linePos++ // We might also want this here at some point?
return 0;
} else {
// do something if it didn't work