more minor changes to fix compilation issues

README.md

@@ -1,20 +1,50 @@
-LumberJack TUI takes in an Apache2 access log file and provides an interactive interface to check your logs.
+# LumberJack TUI
 
-MacOS Users:
-- Unfortunately, I don't want to have to setup my pc to build your executable for you. So, the CMakeLists.txt file will autobuild an executable for you :)
+LumberJack TUI reads Apache 2 access logs and provides an interactive interface for exploring them.
 
-All Other Users:
-- I have packaged executables into the released .zip files
+## Building on Windows
 
-NOTES:        
-- The TUI will ask for the access.log file location and the GeoLite2-City.mmdb file location on startup. It will then create local lumberjack.config file with the locations you provided. If you mess up, just change them in the lumberjack.config for now.
-    * I have not tried using the GeoLite2-Country.mmdb file and do not know if it will crash the application...
-- Log line format example:
-    172.71.245.109 - - [23/Jan/2016:09:49:24 +0100] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 301 642 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; arm64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/15.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
-    * This is the only format I have setup for the regex so far. It works on both my Apache2 and Gitea access logs but I do not know a whole lot about access log formats. 
+You need CMake, Ninja, and MinGW-w64 with `g++` available on your `PATH`.
+
+From the repository root, run:
+
+```powershell
+.\scripts\build.ps1
+```
+
+This builds the Release executable and refreshes the root `compile_commands.json` for clangd. To build Debug or choose a different build directory, use:
+
+```powershell
+.\scripts\build.ps1 -Configuration Debug
+.\scripts\build.ps1 -BuildDirectory build-custom
+```
+
+By default, the executable is written to `build-ninja\bin\release\LumberJack.exe`.
+
+## Other platforms
+
+- **macOS:** CMake is configured to build the executable for you.
+- **Other users:** Prebuilt executables are available in the ZIP files under [`Releases`](Releases/).
+
+## Configuration
+
+On startup, the TUI asks for the locations of your `access.log` file and `GeoLite2-City.mmdb` database. It saves these locations to `lumberjack.config`; edit that file if you need to correct them.
+
+The `GeoLite2-Country.mmdb` database has not been tested and may not work.
+
+## Supported log format
+
+The parser currently expects an Apache-style access log format, such as:
+
+```text
+172.71.245.109 - - [23/Jan/2016:09:49:24 +0100] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 301 642 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; arm64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/15.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
+```
+
+This format has been tested with Apache 2 and Gitea access logs. Other formats may not be parsed correctly.
+
+## Planned improvements
 
-FUTURE CHANGES:
 - Ban IP functionality
-- Live .log file changing
-- Refactor config.cpp to find .log files from a dierectory
-- Add a function to unarchive, archived logs.
+- Live `.log` file updates
+- Find `.log` files in a directory from `config.cpp`
+- Unarchive archived logs

log_parsing/log_parsing.cpp

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -11,10 +13,27 @@
 #include "log_parsing.hpp"
 #include "../ip_to_geo/ip_to_geo.hpp"
 
-p_logs::p_logs(std::string log_path) {
-    if(log_path.empty()){
-        log_path = std::getenv("LOG_PATH");
+p_logs::p_logs(std::string dir_path) {
+    if(dir_path.empty()){
+        const char* dir_val = std::getenv("LOG_PATH");
+        if(dir_val != nullptr){
+            dir_path = dir_val;
+        } else {
+            std::ofstream error_file("error.log", std::ios::app);
+            if (error_file.is_open()) {
+                auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+                std::time_t now_time = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(now);
+
+                error_file << "[" << std::put_time(std::localtime(&now_time), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") << "] "
+                        << "Log files failed to load in: " << dir_path << std::endl;
+                error_file.close();
             }
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for(const auto& log_path : p_logs::log_paths){
+        
         std::ifstream file(log_path);
         if (!file.is_open()) {
             std::ofstream error_file("error.log", std::ios::app);
@@ -27,7 +46,7 @@ p_logs::p_logs(std::string log_path) {
                     
                 error_file.close();
             }
-        return;
+            continue;
         }
 
         std::regex log_pattern(R"((\S+)\s+-\s+-\s+\[([^\]]+)\]\s+\"([^\"]+)\"\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+|-)\s+\"([^\"]*)\"\s+\"([^\"]*)\")");
@@ -71,12 +90,17 @@ p_logs::p_logs(std::string log_path) {
             }
         }
         file.close();
+    }
 }
 
 std::vector<Entry> p_logs::get_all_logs(){
     return logs;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::filesystem::path> p_logs::get_log_paths(){
+    return log_paths;
+}
+
 std::string p_logs::entryx_ip(int x){
     return logs[x].ip;
 }

log_parsing/log_parsing.hpp

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #pragma once
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include "../ip_to_geo/ip_to_geo.hpp"
@@ -30,17 +31,24 @@ class p_logs {
 private:
     Entry entry;
     std::vector<Entry> logs;
-    std::string url;
+    std::vector<std::filesystem::path> log_paths;
 public:
     /**
     * @brief Construct a new parsed logs object
-    * Detailed explanation: This function takes in the absolute path to a .log file and parses the lines into individual "Entry"s. These Entrys are then stored into a vector that can then be accessed via getter functions.
+    * Detailed explanation: This function takes in the path to the access log directory parses the lines into individual "Entry"s. These Entrys are then stored into a vector that can then be accessed via getter functions.
     * @param string  
     */
     p_logs(std::string);
 
     std::vector<Entry> get_all_logs();
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Get the log paths object
+     * Detailed explanation: This function returns all of the paths to the log files in the user provided directory.
+     * @return std::vector<std::filesystem::path> 
+     */
+    std::vector<std::filesystem::path> get_log_paths();
+    
     /** 
      * @brief Getter function for a specific Entry's IP
      * 

main.cpp

@@ -209,14 +209,14 @@ int main() {
 
 
     // ── 4. Setup-screen components ────────────────────────────────────────────
-    Component input_log  = Input(&log_file_path, "Enter path to log file...");
-    Component input_mmdb = Input(&mmdb_path,     "Enter path to MaxMind MMDB...");
-    Component submit_button = Button(" Start Log Monitor ", run_log_parsing, ButtonOption::Animated());
+    auto input_log  = Input(&log_file_path, "Enter path to log file...");
+    auto input_mmdb = Input(&mmdb_path,     "Enter path to MaxMind MMDB...");
+    auto submit_button = Button(" Start Log Monitor ", run_log_parsing, ButtonOption::Animated());
 
     auto setup_container = Container::Vertical({input_log, input_mmdb, submit_button});
 
     // ── 5. Search input (dashboard) ───────────────────────────────────────────
-    Component search_input = Input(&search_query, "Type to filter records (IP, request, status, etc.)...");
+    auto search_input = Input(&search_query, "Type to filter records (IP, request, status, etc.)...");
 
     // ── 6. Main renderer ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     auto main_components = Container::Vertical({

scripts/build.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+param(
+    [ValidateSet("Debug", "Release")]
+    [string]$Configuration = "Release",
+    [string]$BuildDirectory = "build-ninja"
+)
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+if (-not (Get-Command cmake -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    Write-Error "CMake was not found. Install CMake and ensure it is on PATH."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$sourceDirectory = Split-Path -Parent $PSScriptRoot
+if ([System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($BuildDirectory)) {
+    $buildPath = $BuildDirectory
+} else {
+    $buildPath = Join-Path $sourceDirectory $BuildDirectory
+}
+
+$configureArgs = @(
+    "-S", $sourceDirectory,
+    "-B", $buildPath,
+    "-G", "Ninja",
+    "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++",
+    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$Configuration"
+)
+
+& cmake @configureArgs
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+    exit $LASTEXITCODE
+}
+
+$compilationDatabase = Join-Path $buildPath "compile_commands.json"
+if (-not (Test-Path $compilationDatabase)) {
+    Write-Error "CMake did not generate compile_commands.json at '$compilationDatabase'."
+    exit 1
+}
+Copy-Item -LiteralPath $compilationDatabase -Destination (Join-Path $sourceDirectory "compile_commands.json") -Force
+
+& cmake --build $buildPath --config $Configuration
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+    exit $LASTEXITCODE
+}
+
+$outputPath = Join-Path $buildPath "bin\$($Configuration.ToLowerInvariant())\LumberJack.exe"
+Write-Host "Build complete: $outputPath"
+Write-Host "Updated compile_commands.json for clangd."