Difference between revisions of "Logfile"

Revision as of 19:30, 16 July 2007

logfile is the file that contains a line of data for each game played. This file is in the same directory as the nethack executable binary.

Each line contains several fields, separated by a space, for example:

3.4.3 916 0 5 6 0 28 1 20060611 20060611 1031 Wiz Gno Fem Neu paxed,killed by a boiling potion

The fields are as follows:

version. In this case, it's 3.4.3
score
dungeon number
dungeon level
maximum level
hit points
maximum hit points
number of deaths. This increases even if the death was averted with amulet of life saving.
end date in YYYYMMDD format
start date in YYYYMMDD format
user ID. This is the UID NetHack runs as, and is only relevant for operating systems that use userIDs.
role
race
gender
alignment
name and reason for game ending, separated by a comma

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 *hit points
 *maximum hit points
-*number of deaths
+*number of deaths. This increases even if the death was averted with [[amulet of life saving]].
 *end date in YYYYMMDD format
 *start date in YYYYMMDD format