fix: put logs inside a logs sub-folder

README.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Log file name format: `{processname}.out.log` and `{processname}`.err.log,
 In this example, your `stdout` log will be called `long-running-process.sh.out.log` and
 your `stderr` log will be called `long-running-process.sh.err.log`.
 
-Both files will be appended to, and will be created if they don't exist.
+Both files will be appended to, and will be created if they don't exist, and both will be created inside a `logs` folder in your current working folder. Make sure you put your `logs` folder in your `.gitignore` in case there are secrets being logged.
 
 Since the logs are appended to the file, it is recommended that your logs include a timestamp to differentiate between different runs of the process.
 

src/index.js

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const path = require('path')
 const pkg = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'))
 const fs = require('fs')
 
+const LOGS_FOLDER = 'logs'
+
 /**
  * Run the commands specified in a detached process.
  *
@@ -27,8 +29,12 @@ async function run (args = []) {
 
   fs.accessSync(args[0], fs.constants.X_OK)
 
-  const outFile = `${args[0]}.out.log`
-  const errFile = `${args[0]}.err.log`
+  if (!fs.existsSync(LOGS_FOLDER)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(LOGS_FOLDER)
+  }
+
+  const outFile = path.join(LOGS_FOLDER, `${args[0]}.out.log`)
+  const errFile = path.join(LOGS_FOLDER, `${args[0]}.err.log`)
   debug(`Writing stdout to ${outFile}, stderr to ${errFile}`)
 
   debug(`Running command detached: ${JSON.stringify(args)}`)