basic version of forms

forms/bin/forms.js

@@ -7,28 +7,37 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "url"
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const KERNEL = path.join(__dirname, "../kernel/kernel.js")
 const PID_FILE = "/tmp/forms.pid"
+const LOG_FILE = path.join(__dirname, "forms.log")  // Define your log file
 
 const cmd = process.argv[2]
 
+// Function to append logs
+function logToFile(message) {
+    fs.appendFileSync(LOG_FILE, `${new Date().toISOString()} - ${message}\n`)
+}
+
 if (cmd === "start") {
     if (fs.existsSync(PID_FILE)) {
         console.log("forms kernel already running")
+        logToFile("forms kernel already running")
         process.exit(0)
     }
 
     const proc = spawn("node", [KERNEL], {
         detached: true,
-        stdio: "ignore"
+        stdio: ["ignore", fs.openSync(LOG_FILE, "a"), fs.openSync(LOG_FILE, "a")]  // Redirect stdout and stderr to the log file
     })
 
     proc.unref()
     fs.writeFileSync(PID_FILE, String(proc.pid))
     console.log("forms kernel started")
+    logToFile("forms kernel started")
 }
 
 if (cmd === "stop") {
     if (!fs.existsSync(PID_FILE)) {
         console.log("forms kernel not running")
+        logToFile("forms kernel not running")
         process.exit(0)
     }
 
@@ -36,8 +45,10 @@ if (cmd === "stop") {
     process.kill(pid)
     fs.unlinkSync(PID_FILE)
     console.log("forms kernel stopped")
+    logToFile("forms kernel stopped")
 }
 
 if (!cmd) {
     console.log("usage: forms start | stop")
+    logToFile("usage: forms start | stop")
 }