MinKNOW folders and log files

Introduction

The way The MinKNOW program organises folder, and the makeup of its various log files is complicated.

This page is an attempt to keep track of them

Folders

• The root folder is usually called data.

Log files

Found in:

<ROOT_FOLDER>/logs/<MN12345>/

The log files seem to have prefixes that reflect their type. One set of log files could look like:

• ws_event_sampler_*
• control_server_*
• ws_raw_data_sampler_*
• read_writer_*
• ws_longpoll_*
• analyser_*
• bulk_writer_*
• manta_*
• Script_events_*

These files usually have the date and time added to their name and all have extension txt.