Support disabling file logging

src/vorta/__main__.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from vorta import config
 from vorta._version import __version__
 from vorta.i18n import trans_late, translate
-from vorta.log import init_logger, logger
+from vorta.log import init_file_logging, init_logger, logger
 from vorta.store.connection import init_db
 from vorta.updater import get_updater
 from vorta.utils import DEFAULT_DIR_FLAG, parse_args
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def exception_handler(type, value, tb):
         },
     )
     init_db(sqlite_db)
+    init_file_logging()
 
     # Init app after database is available
     from vorta.application import VortaApp

src/vorta/log.py

@@ -13,22 +13,21 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+
+fh = TimedRotatingFileHandler(config.LOG_DIR / 'vorta.log', when='d', interval=1, backupCount=5)
+fh.namer = lambda log_name: log_name.replace(".log", "") + ".log"
+fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+fh.setFormatter(formatter)
+
 
 def init_logger(background=False):
     logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     logging.getLogger('peewee').setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.getLogger('PyQt6').setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-    # create logging format
-    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
-
-    # create handlers
-    fh = TimedRotatingFileHandler(config.LOG_DIR / 'vorta.log', when='d', interval=1, backupCount=5)
-    # ensure ".log" suffix
-    fh.namer = lambda log_name: log_name.replace(".log", "") + ".log"
-    fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    fh.setFormatter(formatter)
-    logger.addHandler(fh)
+    # Enable file logging by default at the start, since SettingsModel isn't initialised
+    toggle_file_logging(True)
 
     if background:
         pass
@@ -37,3 +36,23 @@ def init_logger(background=False):
         ch.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
         ch.setFormatter(formatter)
         logger.addHandler(ch)
+
+
+def init_file_logging():
+    """
+    Decides file logging based on the user's preference
+    """
+    from vorta.store.models import SettingsModel
+
+    toggle_file_logging(SettingsModel.get(key='enable_logging_to_file').value)
+
+
+def toggle_file_logging(should_log_to_file):
+    """
+    Enables file logging according to the input
+    """
+
+    if should_log_to_file:
+        logger.addHandler(fh)
+    else:
+        logger.removeHandler(fh)

src/vorta/store/settings.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def get_misc_settings() -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
     startup = trans_late('settings', 'Startup')
     information = trans_late('settings', 'Information')
     security = trans_late('settings', 'Security')
+    logging = trans_late('settings', 'Logging')
 
     # Default settings for all platforms.
     settings = [
@@ -98,6 +99,16 @@ def get_misc_settings() -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
             ),
             'tooltip': trans_late('settings', 'Set owner to current user and umask to 0277'),
         },
+        {
+            'key': 'enable_logging_to_file',
+            'value': True,
+            'type': 'checkbox',
+            'group': logging,
+            'label': trans_late('settings', 'Enable logging to file'),
+            'tooltip': trans_late(
+                'settings', 'When disabled, logging to a file will be turned off, and logs will not be saved in a file'
+            ),
+        },
         {
             'key': 'previous_profile_id',
             'str_value': '1',

src/vorta/views/misc_tab.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 )
 
 from vorta.i18n import translate
+from vorta.log import toggle_file_logging
 from vorta.store.models import BackupProfileMixin, SettingsModel
 from vorta.store.settings import get_misc_settings
 from vorta.utils import get_asset, search
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ def populate(self):
                 if setting.key == 'enable_fixed_units':
                     cb.stateChanged.connect(self.refresh_archive.emit)
 
+                if setting.key == 'enable_logging_to_file':
+                    cb.stateChanged.connect(toggle_file_logging)
+
                 tb = ToolTipButton()
                 tb.setToolTip(setting.tooltip)