Can’t Set Debug Log Path :: Support Forum

aksarben
Joined:: 2021-02-12
Posts:: 72

Can’t Set Debug Log Path

2023-06-15 19:21

I’m getting a strange error creating a Session object. Here's the code:

function New-Session {
   [WinSCP.Session]$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session 
   $sessionLogPath = $env:TchPublisherSessionLogPath
   if ($sessionLogPath) {
      if (!(Test-Path $sessionLogPath)) {
         Deny-EnvironmentVariable -description "Session log path" -variable "TchPublisherSessionLogPath" -reason $PATH_DOES_NOT_EXIST
      }
      $session.sessionLogPath = $sessionLogPath
   }
   $debugLogPath = $env:TchPublisherDebugLogPath
   if ($debugLogPath) {
      if (!(Test-Path $debugLogPath)) {
         Deny-EnvironmentVariable -description "debug log path" -variable "TchPublisherDebugLogPath" -reason $PATH_DOES_NOT_EXIST
      }
      $session.debugLogPath = $debugLogPath
   }
   $debugLogLevel = $env:TchPublisherLogLevel
   if ($debugLogLevel) {
      if ($debugLogLevel -lt -1 -or $debugLogLevel -gt 1) {
         Deny-EnvironmentVariable -description "log level" -variable "TchPublisherLogLevel" -reason "valid values are -1 to 1"
      }
      $session.debugLogLevel = $debugLogLevel
   }
   return $session
}

I consistently get an error on this line:

$session.debugLogPath = $debugLogPath

The error message:

Exception setting "debugLogPath": "Access to the path 'C:\Users\Dick\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts' is denied."

The path I was going to store for debugLogPath was the same one I just set for sessionLogPath.
I didn’t see anything in the documentation that the two paths have to be different. What am I doing wrong?

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
Posts:: 41,541
Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Can’t Set Debug Log Path

2023-06-19

It's path to a log file, not a path to a directory containing the log file.
So it should be like:

$session.DebugLogPath =
    "C:\Users\Dick\Documents\PowerShell\Scripts\WinSCP.debug.log"

Same for Session.SessionLogPath.

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aksarben

Re: Can’t Set Debug Log Path

2023-06-19 12:15

Ah, now I get it! Might be worth updating the description in the documentation to clarify that.

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