# No scanner logs

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-scanner-logs/15427>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\
**Created:** [March 4, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-scanner-logs/15427 "2012-03-04T19:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![gboudreau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gboudreau/32/507_2.png) [@gboudreau](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gboudreau)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-scanner-logs/15427/1 "2012-03-04T19:49:28Z")

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I tried to copy Plex Movie Scanner.py out of the bundle, into Scanners/Movies/, and renamed it to Plex Movie Scanner with Ignore Options.py  
  
I selected it in Plex, and a pyc file is created on scan, which seems to indicate that it’s used, but the “print ‘test’” command I added at the beginning of the Scan method doesn’t appear in any log…  
  
I looked in Library/Logs/Plex Media Scanner.log, Plex Media System.log, and PMS Plugins/\*.log  
  
Where should my scanner output be logged …?  
  
  
  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-scanner-logs/15427/2 "2012-03-06T04:06:58Z")

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Scanner prints are “logged” to stdout, which means it’ll show up in the terminal if you’re running the scanner from the command line, which is recommended when doing development.   
  
  
  
Hope that helps 🙂

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**Author:** ![gboudreau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gboudreau/32/507_2.png) [@gboudreau](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gboudreau)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-scanner-logs/15427/3 "2012-03-06T12:14:30Z")

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Thanks. For the curious, I used the following command to complete my development:

```auto

/Applications/Plex\ Media\ Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex\ Media\ Scanner --verbose --scan --refresh --section 11

```

  
  
I took 11 from a --list:  

```auto

/Applications/Plex\ Media\ Server.app/Contents/MacOS/Plex\ Media\ Scanner --list

```

  
which lists available section IDs.  
  
I finished creating my "Plex Movie Scanner with Ignore Options" (took all of 10 minutes!)  
I'll publish it in another post in this forum now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/no-scanner-logs/15427/4 "2019-12-20T21:43:17Z")

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Closed on December 20, 2019, 9:43pm UTC

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