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--- We require our libraries and modules here
+-- We require our libraries and modules here
-local component = require("component")
+local component = require("component")
-local modem = component.modem
+local modem = component.modem
-local io = require("io")
+local io = require("io")
-local event = require("event")
+local event = require("event")
-local fs = require("filesystem")
+local fs = require("filesystem")
-
+
--- This line will allow the user to easily specify how many
+-- This line will allow the user to easily specify how many
--- ports, and messages, we want to use with the program.
+-- ports, and messages, we want to use with the program.
-local ports, msgs = ...
+local ports, msgs = ...
-
+
--- This ensures that the proper amount of arguments are being used,
+-- This ensures that the proper amount of arguments are being used,
--- and if not, will display proper usage of running the program
+-- and if not, will display proper usage of running the program
-if #({...}) > 2 then
+
-  error("Usage: Logger (# of ports to listen to, starting at 1) (# of messages to write to file before program ends.", 0)
+-- if #({...}) > 2 then -- Uncomment this when the mechanics of function runtokill() works.
-  return
+if #({...}) ~= 2 then
-end
+  error("Usage: Logger (# of ports to listen to, starting at 1) (# of messages to write to file before program ends.", 0)
-
+  return
-if #({...}) == 1 then
+end
-  runtokill()
+
-  return
+--[[ if #({...}) == 1 then
-end
+  runtokill()
-
+  return
-function runtokill()
+end
-  while true do
+
-
+function runtokill()
-
+  while true do
--- You can ignore this snippet of code, unless you're
+    local h = io.open("Logs.txt", "a")
--- ping. Or unless you really wanna wait half an hour
+      local _, _, from, port, _, message = event.pull("modem_message")
--- for all ports to open. Luckily if you're running this
+      print("Got a message from " .. from .. " on port " .. port .. ": " .. tostring(message))
--- on a Minecraft server, you only need to do this once.
+      h:write("Got a message from " .. from .. " on port " .. port .. ": " .. tostring(message) .. "\n")
-if ports == "potato" then
+      local _, _, _, char, _, _ = event.pull("key_down")
-  ports = 65535
+        if char == keyboard.keys.q then
-end
+        break
-
+    end
--- This is to check whether or not the argument being passed
+  end ]]--
--- as ports is actually a number, and not words or symbols.
+
-if not tonumber(ports) then
+-- You can ignore this snippet of code, unless you're
-  error("The port needs to be a number!",0)
+-- ping. Or unless you really wanna wait half an hour
-  return
+-- for all ports to open. Luckily if you're running this
-end
+-- on a Minecraft server, you only need to do this once.
-
+if ports == "potato" then
--- Same thing as our first check, only here we're checking the
+  ports = 65535
--- messages amount argument.
+end
-if not tonumber(msgs) then
+
-  error("The amount of messages needs to be a number!", 0)
+-- This is to check whether or not the argument being passed
-  return
+-- as ports is actually a number, and not words or symbols.
-end
+if not tonumber(ports) then
-
+  error("The port needs to be a number!",0)
--- First, we have to open our ports that we want to listen to.
+  return
--- Note the maximum on our range is the variable we defined in our
+end
--- first argument.
+
-for prt = 1,ports do
+-- Same thing as our first check, only here we're checking the
-  modem.open(prt)
+-- messages amount argument.
-end
+if not tonumber(msgs) then
-
+  error("The amount of messages needs to be a number!", 0)
--- This is where the magic happens. This is where we open our log file, or
+  return
--- create one if it doesn't exist, and listen for messages to write to our
+end
--- file until we've caught enough messages to satisfy our second argument.
+
-local h = io.open("Logs.txt", "a")
+-- First, we have to open our ports that we want to listen to.
-for n = 1, tonumber(msgs) do
+-- Note the maximum on our range is the variable we defined in our
-  local _, _, from, port, _, message = event.pull("modem_message")
+-- first argument.
-  print("Got a message from " .. from .. " on port " .. port .. ": " .. tostring(message))
+for prt = 1,ports do
-  h:write("Got a message from " .. from .. " on port " .. port .. ": " .. tostring(message) .. "\n")
+  modem.open(prt)
-end
+end
-
+
--- Now that we have enough messages, we can close the ports we opened earlier on.
+-- This is where the magic happens. This is where we open our log file, or
-modem.close()
+-- create one if it doesn't exist, and listen for messages to write to our
--- Notice I didn't specify a port?  That's because
+-- file until we've caught enough messages to satisfy our second argument.
--- by default in OC, when a port isn't defined, all
+local h = io.open("Logs.txt", "a")
--- ports are closed when this method is called.
+for n = 1, tonumber(msgs) do
-
+  local _, _, from, port, _, message = event.pull("modem_message")
--- Now we must close our log file to ensure that it saves.
+  print("Got a message from " .. from .. " on port " .. port .. ": " .. tostring(message))
-h:close()
+  h:write("Got a message from " .. from .. " on port " .. port .. ": " .. tostring(message) .. "\n")
-
+end
--- This lets the user know that the logs were successfully saved.
+
--- Huzzah!
+-- Now that we have enough messages, we can close the ports we opened earlier on.
 modem.close()
 -- Notice I didn't specify a port?  That's because
 -- by default in OC, when a port isn't defined, all
 -- ports are closed when this method is called.
 
 -- Now we must close our log file to ensure that it saves.
 h:close()
 
 -- This lets the user know that the logs were successfully saved.
 -- Huzzah!
 print("Saved logs to Logs.txt.")