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#          Copyright (c) 2008 Michael Fellinger [e-mail]
#          Copyright (c) 2008 [e-mail]
# All files in this distribution are subject to the terms of the Ruby license.

require 'syslog'

# Add aliases for the levelnames used by Ramaze logging
module Syslog
    alias dev debug
    alias warn warning
    alias error err
    module_function :dev, :warn, :error 
end

module Ramaze
  module Logger
    ##
    # Logger class for writing to syslog. It is a *very* thin wrapper
    # around the Syslog library.
    #
    class Syslog
      include Logging

      ##
      # Open the syslog library, if it is allready open, we reopen it using the
      # new argument list.  The argument list is passed on to the Syslog library
      # so please check that, and man syslog for detailed information.  
      # There are 3 parameters:
      #
      #   ident:  The identification used in the log file, defaults to $0
      #   options:  defaults to  Syslog::LOG_PID | Syslog::LOG_CONS
      #   facility: defaults to Syslog::LOG_USER
      #
      def initialize( *args )
        ::Syslog.close if ::Syslog.opened?
        ::Syslog.open( *args )
      end

      ##
      # Just sends all messages received to ::Syslog
      # We simply return if the log was closed for some reason, this behavior
      # was copied from Informer.  We do not handle levels here. This will
      # be done by te syslog daemon based on it's configuration.
      def log(tag, *messages)
        return if !::Syslog.opened?
        ::Syslog.send(tag, *messages)
      end

      ##
      # Has to call the modules singleton-method.
      #
      def inspect
        ::Syslog.inspect
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
ramaze-2011.01.30	lib/ramaze/log/syslog.rb
ramaze-2011.01	lib/ramaze/log/syslog.rb