Create new text file everytime the game runs

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Hey all,

I was wondering if there was a way to create a new .txt file every time the game runs? I am able to write the data I want to a .txt file but it always adds onto the same file when I play my game. What I am looking for is when ever I start the game it will create a new .txt file and save all that data for that instance only.

Here is my current code:

     void addItemsToLog()
     {
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/outputLog.txt", "\r\n" + "\r\n" + "Player 1 Stats: ");
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/outputLog.txt", "\r\n" + "Player 1 Money: $" + player1Money);
 
         foreach (string property in player1PropertyOwned)
         {
             File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/outputLog.txt", "\r\n" + "Player 1 owns: " + property);
             //yield return null;
         }
 
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/outputLog.txt","\r\n" + "\r\n" + "Player 2 Stats: ");
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/outputLog.txt", "\r\n" + "Player 2 Money: $" + player2Money);
 
         foreach (string property in player2PropertyOwned)
         {
             File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/outputLog.txt", "\r\n" + "Player 2 owns: " + property);
         }
     }

This will give me all the data in a file named "outputlog.txt" but what I am trying to do is when I run the game a second time it will save that to "outputlog(1).txt" for example.

Thanks in advance.

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Answer by adriono · Aug 02, 2016 at 04:05 PM

Write to some variable (string startTime) value from DateTime.Now (System namespace) when application is starting and after that you can save data to file "outputLog_"+startTime+".txt"

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beefyt123 · Aug 02, 2016 at 11:12 PM 1

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Thanks for your reply, so I did what you said but I was getting a problem with the format as it was using "/" so it was constantly trying to change directory. I managed to get it working by changing the format of the date and time that was being retrieved if anyone else is interested below is a copy of my final code:

     //Set up new log .txt file every time the game is played
     private System.DateTime startGame;
     private string startGameString;
 
     void Start()
     {
         //Find the date and time when the game was run
         startGame = System.DateTime.Now;
         startGameString = startGame.ToString("dd-mm-yyyy-hh-mm-ss");
      }
 
     void addItemsToLog()
     {
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n" + "\r\n" + "Player 1 Stats: ");
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n" + "Player 1 $$anonymous$$oney: $" + player1$$anonymous$$oney);
 
         foreach (string property in player1PropertyOwned)
         {
             File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n" + "Player 1 owns: " + property);
             //yield return null;
         }
 
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n" + "\r\n" + "Player 2 Stats: ");
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n" + "Player 2 $$anonymous$$oney: $" + player2$$anonymous$$oney);
 
         foreach (string property in player2PropertyOwned)
         {
             File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n" + "Player 2 owns: " + property);
         }
 
         File.AppendAllText("OutputLogs/" + "outputlog" + startGameString + ".txt", "\r\n");
 
         gameOverPanel.SetActive(true);
     }

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