Disable creation of TAD folders (e.g. "FreeRTOS_TAD_log") if no operating system is used

[SynBilly]

I'm using MCUXpresso for LPC55xx ("baremetal" application)

MCUXpresso creates the following folders on my hard disk even though I am not using an operating system:

- ZephyrRTOS_TAD_logs

- FreeRTOS_TAD_logs

- AzureRTOS_TAD_logs

How can I disable the "auto creation" of these folders/files?

[Pavel_Hernandez]

Hello,

Could you tell me the full number of your MCU?
Could you share an image of the route of these files? I will try if it is possible to lock the creation.

Best regards,
Pavel

[SynBilly]

Hi,

my MCU-version:   MCUXpresso IDE v11.6.0 [Build 8187] [2022-07-13]

The folders are as @ErichStyger stated (located in the workspace folder):

Best regards, Andreas

[lpcxpresso_supp]

Currently there is no switch exposed in the UI for controlling this. Logs associated with active debug session are saved in the folders you noticed, once the debug session is ended. Note that only the most recent 4 logs (if I remember correctly) are kept.

Are those folders interfering in any way with your work/projects? Maybe we can plan adding a preference that controls the logging mechanism for each RTOS plugin.

Regards,
MCUXpresso IDE Support 

[SynBilly]

Dear NXP,

no, those folders do not interfer the function of our project in any way - it's just a "cosmetic issue".
But it would still be nice if the user could turn off the generation of these folders when they are not needed.

You wrote "there is no switch in the UI...".
-> Is there a switch in the ".metadata" folder or somewhere else?

Best regards, Andreas

[lpcxpresso_supp]

I'm sorry but there's no way to avoid those files/folders. I logged an internal ticket to track your request. Hopefully, it'll be addressed in the next release.

Regards,

MCUXpresso IDE Support

[robertmorrison]

I would also like to make these TAD logs optional. It is a waste of SSD write endurance in my case.

[ErichStyger]

Hi @robertmorrison ,

I wrote in https://mcuoneclipse.com/2023/01/25/nxp-mcuxpresso-ide-11-7-0/ about how you can make the TAD logs optional or disabled.

I hope this helps,

Erich

[robertmorrison]

Hi Erich,

   Excellent! I tried this and it works--and in 11.8 they have added a general option to turn off creation of the logging console as well as the logging messages. Now the build console is at the top of the list, the one I most often need to see. This post also has a whole lot of other stuff I found very useful.

  I'm delighted that NXP seems to really work to make mcuxpresso work well and to constantly improve it--I've been with it since the lpcxpresso days and the reliability and usability has seen massive improvement.

Robert

[ErichStyger]

Hi Robert,

yes, I noticed that option now too and disabled the console(s) on my side.

Erich

[ErichStyger]

Hi @Pavel_Hernandez ,

the MCU used does not matter at all: these files are created by the IDE for every device, in the workspace folder:

Erich