Add ChatBot logging to file and 'log' command

- log <text> will print '[BOT] text' to the console
- logged [BOT] lines can be written to a logfile
- chatbotlogfile INI setting is used to set the log file

MinecraftClient/ChatBot.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace MinecraftClient
 {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         /* =================================================================== */
         /*  ToolBox - Methods below might be useful while creating your bot.   */
         /*  You should not need to interact with other classes of the program. */
+        /*  All the methods in this ChatBot class should do the job for you.   */
         /* =================================================================== */
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
 
         protected bool SendText(string text)
         {
-            ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§8BOT:" + text, false);
+            LogToConsole("Sending '" + text + "'");
             return handler.SendText(text);
         }
 
@@ -257,6 +259,19 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         public static void LogToConsole(string text)
         {
             ConsoleIO.WriteLineFormatted("§8[BOT] " + text);
+
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Settings.chatbotLogFile))
+            {
+                if (!File.Exists(Settings.chatbotLogFile))
+                {
+                    try { Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(Settings.chatbotLogFile)); }
+                    catch { return; /* Invalid path or access denied */ }
+                    try { File.WriteAllText(Settings.chatbotLogFile, ""); }
+                    catch { return; /* Invalid file name or access denied */ }
+                }
+
+                File.AppendAllLines(Settings.chatbotLogFile, new string[] { getTimestamp() + ' ' + text });
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -317,5 +332,24 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         {
             handler.BotLoad(new ChatBots.Script(filename, playername));
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get a D-M-Y h:m:s timestamp representing the current system date and time
+        /// </summary>
+
+        protected static string getTimestamp()
+        {
+            DateTime time = DateTime.Now;
+
+            string D = time.Day.ToString("00");
+            string M = time.Month.ToString("00");
+            string Y = time.Year.ToString("0000");
+
+            string h = time.Hour.ToString("00");
+            string m = time.Minute.ToString("00");
+            string s = time.Second.ToString("00");
+
+            return "" + D + '-' + M + '-' + Y + ' ' + h + ':' + m + ':' + s;
+        }
     }
 }

MinecraftClient/ChatBots/ChatLog.cs

@@ -90,20 +90,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.ChatBots
         private void save(string tosave)
         {
             if (dateandtime)
-            {
-                int day = DateTime.Now.Day, month = DateTime.Now.Month;
-                int hour = DateTime.Now.Hour, minute = DateTime.Now.Minute, second = DateTime.Now.Second;
-
-                string D = day < 10 ? "0" + day : "" + day;
-                string M = month < 10 ? "0" + month : "" + day;
-                string Y = "" + DateTime.Now.Year;
-
-                string h = hour < 10 ? "0" + hour : "" + hour;
-                string m = minute < 10 ? "0" + minute : "" + minute;
-                string s = second < 10 ? "0" + second : "" + second;
-
-                tosave = "" + D + '-' + M + '-' + Y + ' ' + h + ':' + m + ':' + s + ' ' + tosave;
-            }
+                tosave = getTimestamp() + ' ' + tosave;
 
             Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(logfile));
             FileStream stream = new FileStream(logfile, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);

MinecraftClient/Commands/Log.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace MinecraftClient.Commands
+{
+    public class Log : Command
+    {
+        public override string CMDName { get { return "log"; } }
+        public override string CMDDesc { get { return "log <text>: log some text to the console."; } }
+
+        public override string Run(McTcpClient handler, string command)
+        {
+            if (hasArg(command))
+            {
+                ChatBot.LogToConsole(getArg(command));
+                return "";
+            }
+            else return CMDDesc;
+        }
+    }
+}

MinecraftClient/MinecraftClient.csproj

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Command.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Commands\Connect.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Commands\Exit.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Commands\Log.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Commands\Reco.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Commands\Respawn.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Commands\Script.cs" />

MinecraftClient/Settings.cs

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         public static bool exitOnFailure = false;
         public static char internalCmdChar = '/';
         public static bool playerHeadAsIcon = false;
+        public static string chatbotLogFile = "";
 
         //AntiAFK Settings
         public static bool AntiAFK_Enabled = false;
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                                                 case "timestamps": chatTimeStamps = str2bool(argValue); break;
                                                 case "exitonfailure": exitOnFailure = str2bool(argValue); break;
                                                 case "playerheadicon": playerHeadAsIcon = str2bool(argValue); break;
+                                                case "chatbotlogfile": chatbotLogFile = argValue; break;
                                                 case "mcversion": ServerVersion = argValue; break;
 
                                                 case "botowners":
@@ -328,6 +330,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 + "consoletitle=%username% - Minecraft Console Client\r\n"
                 + "internalcmdchar=slash #use 'none', 'slash' or 'backslash'\r\n"
                 + "mcversion=auto #use 'auto' or '1.X.X' values\r\n"
+                + "chatbotlogfile= #leave empty for no logfile\r\n"
                 + "accountlist=accounts.txt\r\n"
                 + "serverlist=servers.txt\r\n"
                 + "playerheadicon=true\r\n"