From 6b0894b407810ff43f3eecb1e955ff6f6e95d719 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rizqi <rizqi@staff.pens.ac.id>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:32:59 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: update log file opening to use utf-8 encoding and line
 buffering

---
 backup_core.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backup_core.py b/backup_core.py
index fda62fb..a444b3f 100644
--- a/backup_core.py
+++ b/backup_core.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def run_backup(host, user, password, vm_name, dest, compress=False, no_verify_ss
                  The VMX config file is always included regardless.
     """
     if log_path:
-        logfile = open(log_path, 'ab')
+        logfile = open(log_path, 'a', encoding='utf-8', buffering=1)
         def _wrap():
             with redirect_stdout(logfile), redirect_stderr(logfile):
                 return _run_backup_impl(host, user, password, vm_name, dest, compress, no_verify_ssl,