Crafty problem with cutechess-cli

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

In my .craftyrc I have:

log off
learn off
book off
hash 64M
hashp 8M

However, if I play games with cutechess-cli, crafty still keeps logging like a madman. It is really finding the file, because if I change the hash commands, the memory usage changes correspondingly.

How do I stop crafty from logging?

[Werner]

In my .craftyrc I have:

log off
learn off
book off
hash 64M
hashp 8M

However, if I play games with cutechess-cli, crafty still keeps logging like a madman. It is really finding the file, because if I change the hash commands, the memory usage changes correspondingly.

How do I stop crafty from logging?

I think it is a Crafty problem. My .rc file e.g.

mt=1
egtb
tbpath=j:\tbs
hash=256M
hashp=32M
cache=32M
ponder=off
# smpnice=1
swindle=off
learn=0
log=off
whisper=2
exit

The tip was to include whisper=2 but the folder looks like that:

game.002
log.002
game.001
game.008
log.008
game.007
log.007
game.006
log.006
game.005
log.005
game.004
log.004
game.003
log.003
game.020
log.020
game.019
log.019
game.018
log.018
game.017

[Charles B.]

Someone else posted about having a log file problem here. I doubt you will find joy/help in the thread though.

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26895

[zullil]

Crafty-23.0 behaves correctly, at least when played from the command line or under xboard. No log files are created when my .craftyrc looks like this:

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smpmt=2
egtb
cache=64M
hash=1024M
hashp=256M
book random 1
book width 5
display nochanges
display novariation
display nostats
display noextstats
display nomovenum
display nomoves
display board
ponder on
speech on
alarm off
time sd/10
log off
exit

[Peter Skinner]

In my .craftyrc I have:

log off
learn off
book off
hash 64M
hashp 8M

However, if I play games with cutechess-cli, crafty still keeps logging like a madman. It is really finding the file, because if I change the hash commands, the memory usage changes correspondingly.

How do I stop crafty from logging?

Are you sure that you don't have an extra hard return in your rc file? That can cause all sorts of problems.

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

None of the suggestions work:

1) As I already said, I am sure it is finding the .craftyrc.
2) There are no extra newlines or so in the file.
3) I tried adding "exit" as last command, makes no difference.

BUT I do have a new observation: when I start a match, crafty does not make a game.001 or log.001, but starts from game.002 and log.002.

So it seems to obey the .craftyrc for the first game but not for subsequent games. This looks like a bug...

[Matthias Gemuh]

None of the suggestions work:

1) As I already said, I am sure it is finding the .craftyrc.
2) There are no extra newlines or so in the file.
3) I tried adding "exit" as last command, makes no difference.

BUT I do have a new observation: when I start a match, crafty does not make a game.001 or log.001, but starts from game.002 and log.002.

So it seems to obey the .craftyrc for the first game but not for subsequent games. This looks like a bug...

Try putting "log off" just before the "exit" line.

.

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

Makes no difference at all.

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

It's 100% a bug. log off in the .craftyrc turns of logging, but in NewGame, logging is always enabled again regardless of what was in the .craftyrc.

[zullil]

OK, I can now confirm what you have reported, and it occurs even when running Crafty from a command line. Here is my .craftyrc:

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smpmt=2
egtb
cache=64M
hash=1024M
hashp=256M
book random 1
book width 5
display nochanges
display novariation
display nostats
display noextstats
display nomovenum
display nomoves
display board
ponder on
speech on
alarm off
time sd/10
log off
exit

Here is a record of my interactions with crafty-23.0. I started with no log files present, and had game.002 and log.002 when I quit.

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Procyon: ~/Documents/Chess/Crafty/Crafty-23.0] ./crafty-23.0 
max threads set to 2.
EGTB access enabled
using tbpath=/Users/Louis/Documents/Chess/Crafty/TB
4 piece tablebase files found
1386kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables
EGTB cache memory =   64M bytes.
hash table memory =  768M bytes.
pawn hash table memory =  256M bytes.
choose from book moves randomly (using weights.)
choose from 5 best moves.
don't display PV each time it changes.
don't display PV at end of each iteration.
don't display statistics at end of each search.
don't display extended statistics at end of each search.
don't display move numbers in variations.
don't display ply-1 moves as they are searched.
pondering enabled.
Audio output enabled
 game/10 minutes primary time control


Crafty v23.0 (2 cpus)

White(1): e4
              time used:   5.61
               book moves {e5, c5, e6, Nf6, c6, d5}
               book   0.0s      1%    d5! exd5

Black(1): d5 
              time used:   0.08
White(2): exd5 [pondering]
               book moves {Qxd5}
               book   0.0s     56%    Qxd5! Nc3
White(2): resign
result 0-1
Updating book database
White(2): new
parallel threads terminated.
White(1): e4
              time used:  17.28
               book moves {e5, c5, e6, Nf6, c6, d5}
               book   0.0s     10%    e6! d4

Black(1): e6 
              time used:   0.02
White(2): d4 [pondering]
               book moves {d5}
               book   0.0s     99%    d5 Nc3
White(2): resign
result 0-1
Updating book database
White(2): quit

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Procyon: ~/Documents/Chess/Crafty/Crafty-23.0/Logs] ls
game.002 log.002

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Procyon: ~/Documents/Chess/Crafty/Crafty-23.0/Logs] more log.002 
White(1): e4
              time used:  17.28
               book moves {e5, c5, e6, Nf6, c6, d5}
               book   0.0s     10%    e6! d4

Black(1): e6 
              time used:   0.02
White(2): d4 [pondering]
               book moves {d5}
               book   0.0s     99%    d5 Nc3
White(2): resign
result 0-1
Updating book database
White(2): quit