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...