• RollFileHandle
  • SYNOPSIS
  • DESCRIPTION
  • INHERITS
  • METHODS
  • INI PARAMETERS
  • AUTHOR
  • SEE ALSO
  • LICENSE

RollFileHandle

SYNOPSIS

  use RollFileHandle;
  my $dl=new RollFileHandle(">> /tmp/$0.stdout.%m%d");
  $dl->trap_stdxxx();    # install as default for stdout
  while($event_loop){
        $dl->roll_logfile();     # re-open log file when date rolls.
        print("1","2","3\n");    # use vanilla print syntax.

DESCRIPTION

This package is intended to give the caller the ability to create a "rolling" log file of its output, so that a single output log doesn't grow unrestricted.

If the process is dropped and restarted, the log file will be appended onto instead of truncated.

INHERITS

METHODS

roll_logfile

Open the correct logfile for the current time. if there is no work to do, exit without making any changes.

midnite_time

Calculate the time for midnight tonight, when we'll need to roll the log (again)

INI PARAMETERS

NONE

AUTHOR

UNK

SEE ALSO

NONE

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.