# Massive Debug.log file
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [August 21, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146 "2014-08-21T21:24:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Whitelight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Whitelight)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146/1 "2014-08-21T21:24:44Z")
So I usually go up in experimental versions once a day and as a safety measure I always create a back up of my original folder before overwriting with the newest experimental cause i figure things will go wrong once and a while if I keep the same save. Today, however, I tried to do this and was actually given a status bar stating that it would copy 3.8gb…
After rifling through the files, i have traced pretty much all of that size to the debug.log file in the config folder. The version I am currently using is fa75487 using a save that was first started a couple weeks ago (dont remember the version but started around build 1920). I have static spawns off, which I am aware dynamic is having some issues right now, but this is the first time I have seen such a massive debug file so I am not sure if it is related to that or any of the other current issues. The last version I was using prior to this one was 7852a7e and it only had a 540kb debug.log. This leads me to believe it is something occurring in the more recent experiementals.
I will back up my cata folder as normal and keep the massive 3.7gb debug.log around in case further info is needed for a little bit, but I do not know how I can effectively open such a massive text file without crashing the associated program.
Edit: I am using the windows tiles version btw… I can provide additional information upon request.
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146/2 "2014-08-21T21:54:00Z")
Care to look at the debug log and check to see if there is any particular messages constantly repeating? Something might be getting stuck in a loop or printing to the log that doesn’t need to.
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### Author:  [@Whitelight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Whitelight)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146/3 "2014-08-22T02:31:28Z")
Any suggestions of what to open it in? Wordpad just crashes at that size.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146/4 "2014-08-22T06:03:30Z")
> [@Whitelight](#):
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> Any suggestions of what to open it in? Wordpad just crashes at that size.
Never had one that large, but Notepad++ or Word?
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### Author:  [@Whitelight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Whitelight)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/massive-debug-log-file/7146/5 "2014-08-22T06:09:39Z")
I could try word tomorrow but notpad++ has a 2gb limit from what i have read. On a positive not, I have not experienced any new massive log files so far with version a0e3b51 (build 1960 i think).