log4perl-devel

[log4perl-devel] Sending email of logs only on failure

[Mathieu L. <ma...@cl...>]

I have a program that processes a bunch of separate items, logging stuff as
it goes. I would like to be able to capture what gets logged during the
processing on one item, and email the whole thing if the processing failed.
The log messages should go to a file regardless.

Is there a way to do that in log4perl currently?

Thanks

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Mathieu Longtin
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Re: [log4perl-devel] Sending email of logs only on failure

[Mike S. <m...@pe...>]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Mathieu Longtin wrote:

> I have a program that processes a bunch of separate items, logging stuff as
> it goes. I would like to be able to capture what gets logged during the
> processing on one item, and email the whole thing if the processing failed.
> The log messages should go to a file regardless.
>
> Is there a way to do that in log4perl currently?

You could use one of the Log::Dispatch::Email::* modules on CPAN and set
it to 'buffered':

      http://search.cpan.org/dist/Log-Log4perl/lib/Log/Log4perl/FAQ.pm#How_can_I_configure_Log::Log4perl_to_send_me_email_if_something_happens?

When it is time to flush it, retrieve the appender by name and call its
flush() method.

But I'd probably just use Log4perl to write everything to a log file
(use overwrite mode to start a new log file every time) and at the end
of the program run a check and send off the logfile via a CPAN module
like Mail::DWIM.

-- Mike

Mike Schilli
m...@pe...