[erlang-questions] error_logger

[eigenfunction]

Thank you very much.
Could someone may be update the documentation and be more specific on
that matter?
I had already started looking for some other logging framework, but
now that everything is working so
flawlessly, i am sticking to error_logger.


On 12 Jan., 10:16, Siri Hansen <erlangs...@REDACTED> wrote:
> From sasl user guide:
>
> "If the report browser is used off-line, the reports can be copied to
> another directory which is specified when starting the browser. If no such
> directory is specified, the browser reads reports from the SASL
> error_logger_mf_dir."
>
> I.e. start rb like this:
>
> > rb:start([{report_dir,"/tmp/error_logs"}]).
>
> /siri
>
> 2012/1/11 eigenfunction <emeka_1...@REDACTED>
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> > Thank you very much for the quick answer, to which the next question
> > follows:
> > how do i read the binary-reports offline? I have copied the folder
> > errors.log to another directory, let's say /tmp
> > and am starting the erlang shell with erl -boot  start_sasl -sasl
> > error_logger_mf_dir "\"tmp/error_logs\"" error_logger_mf_maxfiles 5
> > error_logger_mf_maxbytes 10&.
> > It just overrides the previous files that were there and shows me the
> > newly created ones.
> > Any idea?
>
> > On 11 Jan., 15:56, Siri Hansen <erlangs...@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > 2012/1/11 eigenfunction <emeka_1...@REDACTED>
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> > > > This is my sasl config file:
>
> > > > [{sasl, [
> > > > {sasl_error_logger, {file,"d:/error_logs/errors.log"}},
> > > > %%{errlog_type, error},
> > > > {error_logger_mf_dir,"d:/error_logs" },
> > > > {error_logger_mf_maxbytes,10485760},
> > > > {error_logger_mf_maxfiles, 2}
> > > > ]}].
>
> > > > Can someone plz explain to me why i am only getting progress reports
> > > > in my file ?
> > > > In my code i used error_logger:msg_error ... for error messages.
> > > > thx.
>
> > > > This configuration installs two error handlers. First, the
>
> > > sasl_error_logger variable installs sasl_report_file_h which according to
> > > the documentation "Formats and writes supervisor reports, crash report
> > and
> > > progress report to a single file."
>
> > > Next, the three error_logger_mf_* variables install log_mf_h, which
> > writes
> > > *all* error logger events to a circular set of binary files in the
> > > directory specified by the error_logger_mf_dir variable (files will be
> > > named 1, 2 and index). These files can best be read with the report
> > browser
> > > (rb) in the sasl application.
>
> > > So, in your errors.log file you will only get supervisor, crash and
> > > progress reports, while the circular set of binary files will contain
> > *all*
> > > reports, including errors...
>
> > > Regards
> > > /siri
>
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