Copy logs file to another path laravel - laravel

Question

I want to get a copy of the logs file using programmability, I just tried to copy the files using this command
$co= Storage::copy('logs/laravel-'.$start.'.log',$filename);
dd($co);
but I have an error which says the file does not exist,
I believe that is because storage looking in the default driver of the config file, how can I tell laravel to look in logs folder when I want to run the copy command, is there any way to do that .

Answer 1

Hi You can get the path of the log file with storage_path() and copy your file anywhere you want with php copy function
I think that is a easy way that you can do it:
<?php
function copyLogFile($logFileName, $destination)
{
$logPathDir = storage_path().'/logs/';
$logFilePath = $logPathDir . $logFileName;
if (file_exists($logFilePath)) {
if( !#copy($logFilePath, $destination) ) {
echo "File can't be copied! \n";
$errors= error_get_last();
echo "COPY ERROR TYPE: ".$errors['type'].PHP_EOL;
echo "COPY ERROR MESSAGE: ".$errors['message'];
}
else {
echo "File has been copied! \n";
}
} else {
echo "The file $logFilePath does not exist";
}
}
// Store the path of destination file
$destination = '/home/azibom/Desktop/backup.log';
// Your log file name
$start = "2020-01-01";
$logFileName = 'laravel-'.$start.'.log';
copyLogFile($logFileName, $destination);
?>