Full Version: Houdini crashed, where are the auto-saved files located?
I am learning Houdini, working on a model and Houdini crashed. I opened the recent project nothing came up, opened recent file and my file did not come up. autosave was set to 1 minute, I just changed it to 5. so this begs the question, where are my autosaved files located?
Depending or your system, crash auto saves could be in /temp, /tmp or maybe /tmp/houdini_temp/.
There might also be a directory called “backup” in the same location as your Houdini project file.
Specified in the HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR variable using the hconfig utility.
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/basics/config_env [www.sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/commands/pathmap [www.sidefx.com]
There might also be a directory called “backup” in the same location as your Houdini project file.
Specified in the HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR variable using the hconfig utility.
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/basics/config_env [www.sidefx.com]
http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/commands/pathmap [www.sidefx.com]
$HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR is where Houdini writes cache files and undo files.
When Houdini crashes it writes to $TEMP. So it's $TEMP you want for crash files and crash logs. Btw, please please try to reproduce the crash and send in a Bug report to support with the steps to recreate the crash, the scene file and the .txt crash log file saved to $TEMP.
For new users the easiest way to see what these variables are set to is to fire up Houdini, open a Textport and type:
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You can echo any system environment variable inside Houdini if you wish. When it fires up, it sees all the system environment variables using the hscript unix command. Btw hscript unix works on Windows and is used to access any shell command. Yes windows has a shell including the defaults shipped with Houdini. Several in fact: shell, powershell, bash and if you want to install cygwin. You can access any of these system environment variables in any parameter or code snippet in Houdini btw preceded with a $.
Again open up Houdini and open up a textport then type unix printenv to print all the system variables seen by Houdini (and note in that list is TEMP and HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR):
When Houdini crashes it writes to $TEMP. So it's $TEMP you want for crash files and crash logs. Btw, please please try to reproduce the crash and send in a Bug report to support with the steps to recreate the crash, the scene file and the .txt crash log file saved to $TEMP.
For new users the easiest way to see what these variables are set to is to fire up Houdini, open a Textport and type:
/ -> echo $HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR /tmp/houdini_temp / -> echo $TEMP /tmp
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You can echo any system environment variable inside Houdini if you wish. When it fires up, it sees all the system environment variables using the hscript unix command. Btw hscript unix works on Windows and is used to access any shell command. Yes windows has a shell including the defaults shipped with Houdini. Several in fact: shell, powershell, bash and if you want to install cygwin. You can access any of these system environment variables in any parameter or code snippet in Houdini btw preceded with a $.
Again open up Houdini and open up a textport then type unix printenv to print all the system variables seen by Houdini (and note in that list is TEMP and HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR):
/ -> unix printenv job=/work/user/job TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal HOST=mymachine.local TERM=xterm-256color SHELL=/bin/bash HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR=/tmp/houdini_temp CLICOLOR=1 HOUDINI_OS=MacOS TMPDIR=/var/folders/8y/n9vxx_kj1t17b1j5yhf87zl00000gn/T/ H=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources hou10dir=cd /Users/jeff/Library/Preferences/houdini/10.0 sqa=/n/iowa2/tmp/jeff/user/sqa HOUDINI_BUILD_KERNEL=15.6.0 Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.aiBLuTVS7c/Render HOUDINI_BUILD_VERSION=717 HDSO=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/../Libraries TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=361.1 HT=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/toolkit TERM_SESSION_ID=7A1EDE4D-83F5-4ADB-B803-303F84819980 comp=/work//user/comp previs=/work//user/previs render=/work//user/render HH=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/houdini user=/work//user USER=jeff TEMP=/tmp hj=/Users/jeff/houdini.jeff HSB=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/houdini/sbin HOUDINI_BUILD_PLATFORM=Mac OS X 10.11.6 HIP=/private/tmp vfx=/work//user/vfx char=/work//user/char demos=/work//Demos/demo_repository HOUDINI_MINOR_RELEASE=0 SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.n13VDH4EY3/Listeners __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0 HB=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/bin ACTIVETAKE=Main HOUDINI_DESKTOP_DIR=/Users/jeff/Desktop HD=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/demo HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR=/Users/jeff/Library/Preferences/houdini/16.0 PATH=/Applications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/binApplications/Houdini/Houdini16.0.717/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/16.0.717/Resources/houdini/sbin
For new users the easiest way to see what these variables are set to is to fire up Houdini, open a Textport and type:/ -> echo $HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR /tmp/houdini_temp / -> echo $TEMP /tmp [/quote] Please what do you mean about Texport? In google i seach "how to acces to text port houdini" and I found https://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini/ref/windows/textport.html it just say what Texxtport do but nothing how to find it... Please lets me know where we have to ptt this code into? / -> echo $HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR /tmp/houdini_temp / -> echo $TEMP /tmp
same here WHERE HOW ???
why not just put this into in the preference ?
without Code how do you find the the crash file location ?
why not just put this into in the preference ?
without Code how do you find the the crash file location ?
Peter Thomas
without Code how do you find the the crash file location ?
There is a $TEMP shortcut in the File Browser:
You can also install SideFX Labs, which adds a convenient “Open Crashfile” menu script:
How do you open a textport or i assume a console or a terminal.
Just open a text port is not really helpful advice.
Just open a text port is not really helpful advice.
NicTanghe
How do you open a textport or i assume a console or a terminal.
Just open a text port is not really helpful advice.
Textport is different from console or terminal. The textport is part of Houdini.
I don't know how the advice to ‘open the textport’ to came up, but usually when Houdini crashes a window pops up saying where it saved the crash file.
So Houdini (Indie) crashed on me after moving a curve that affected a lot of Geos. Now I did the File->Crash Recovery->Open Crashfile steps but then got the Error message "Unexpected end of .hip file". Is there still a way to restore it? I still have a copy of the crash. file! Thanks in advance!
Fluadlwirt
So Houdini (Indie) crashed on me after moving a curve that affected a lot of Geos. Now I did the File->Crash Recovery->Open Crashfile steps but then got the Error message "Unexpected end of .hip file". Is there still a way to restore it? I still have a copy of the crash. file! Thanks in advance!
Nope! The crash file is garbage. Hope you saved not that long before it crashed.
Is it possible at all to change the location for autosave? I always have autosave go to wherever my houdini file is inside a "backup" folder but would love to be able to change the directory.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Thanks a lot in advance!
Yes, you can set it with a package.
Replace the path with the path you want, then save it as e.g. myEnvironment.json in .../User/Documents/houdini20.0/packages/
{ "enable": true, "env": [ { "HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR": "C:path/to/new/temp/directory" } ] }
Replace the path with the path you want, then save it as e.g. myEnvironment.json in .../User/Documents/houdini20.0/packages/
AslakKS
Yes, you can set it with a package.{ "enable": true, "env": [ { "HOUDINI_TEMP_DIR": "C:path/to/new/temp/directory" } ] }
Replace the path with the path you want, then save it as e.g. myEnvironment.json in .../User/Documents/houdini20.0/packages/
This seems to change the temp directory, but not the autosave directory.
Think it's time to submit a RFE then, maybe there is another environment variable to specify where the crash files are saved.
But if you mean the `$HIP/backup` incremental auto saves those are controlled by: HOUDINI_BACKUP_DIR
But if you mean the `$HIP/backup` incremental auto saves those are controlled by: HOUDINI_BACKUP_DIR
AslakKS
But if you mean the `$HIP/backup` incremental auto saves those are controlled by: HOUDINI_BACKUP_DIR
That's exactly what I'm looking for, but it doesn't seem to work either, even with this package file:
{ "enable": true, "env": [ { "HOUDINI_BACKUP_DIR": "R:/zCache/Houdini" } ] }