BBmisc (version 1.5)

makeSimpleFileLogger: Simple logger which outputs to a file.

Description

Creates a simple file logger closure to log to a file, including time stamps. An optional buffer holds the last few log messages.

Usage

makeSimpleFileLogger(logfile, touch = FALSE, keep = 10L)

Arguments

logfile

[character(1)] File to log to.

touch

[logical(1)] Should the file be created before the first log message? Default is FALSE.

keep

[integer(1)] Number of log messages to keep in memory for quick access. Default is 10.

Value

• [SimpleFileLogger]. A list with following functions:
• log [function(msg)]
  Send log message.
• getMessages [function(n)]
  Get last n log messages.
• clear [function()]
  Resets logger and deletes log file.
• getSize [function()]
  Returns the number of logs written.
• getLogfile [function()]
  Returns the full file name logs are written to.