logging (version 0.8-104)

getLogger: set defaults and get the named logger

Description

make sure a logger with a specific name exists and return it as a Logger S4 object. if not yet present, the logger will be created and given the values specified in the ... arguments.

Usage

getLogger(name, ...)

Arguments

name

the name of the logger

...

any properties you may want to set in the newly created logger. these have no effect if the logger is already present.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
 getLogger()  # returns the root logger
 getLogger('test.sub')  # constructs a new logger and returns it
 getLogger('test.sub')  # returns it again
# }