1Net::Daemon::Log(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  Net::Daemon::Log(3)
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NAME

6       Net::Daemon::Log - Utility functions for logging
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SYNOPSIS

9         # Choose logging method: syslog or Win32::EventLog
10         $self->{'facility'} = 'mail'; # Default: Daemon
11         $self->{'logfile'} = undef;   # Default
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13         # Choose logging method: stderr
14         $self->{'logfile'} = 1;
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16         # Choose logging method: IO handle
17         my $file = IO::File->new("my.log", "a");
18         $self->{'logfile'} = $file;
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21         # Debugging messages (equivalent):
22         $self->Log('debug', "This is a debugging message");
23         $self->Debug("This is a debugging message");
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25         # Error messages (equivalent):
26         $self->Log('err', "This is an error message");
27         $self->Error("This is an error message");
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29         # Fatal error messages (implies 'die')
30         $self->Fatal("This is a fatal error message");
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WARNING

33       THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE. It is *only* 'Alpha' because the interface
34       (API) is not finalised. The Alpha status does not reflect code quality
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DESCRIPTION

38       Net::Daemon::Log is a utility class for portable logging messages.  By
39       default it uses syslog (Unix) or Win32::EventLog (Windows), but logging
40       messages can also be redirected to stderr or a log file.
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42   Generic Logging
43           $self->Log($level, $msg, @args);
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45       This is the generic interface. The logging level is in syslog style,
46       thus one of the words 'debug', 'info', 'notice', 'err' or 'crit'.
47       You'll rarely need info and notice and I can hardly imagine a reason
48       for crit (critical). In 95% of all cases debug and err will be
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51       The logging string $msg is a format string similar to printf.
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53   Utility methods
54           $self->Debug($msg, @args);
55           $self->Error($msg, @args);
56           $self->Fatal($msg, @args);
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58       These are replacements for logging with levels debug and err. The
59       difference between the latter two is that Fatal includes throwing a
60       Perl exception.
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62   Chossing a logging target
63       By default logging will happen to syslog (Unix) or EventLog (Windows).
64       However you may choose logging to stderr by setting
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66           $self->{'logfile'} = 1;
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68       This is required if neither of syslog and EventLog is available. An
69       alternative option is setting
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71           $self->{'logfile'} = $handle;
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73       where $handle is any object supporting a print method, for example an
74       IO::Handle object. Usually the logging target is choosen as soon as you
75       call $self->Log() the first time. However, you may force choosing the
76       target by doing a
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80       before calling Log the first time.
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MULTITHREADING

83       The Multithreading capabitities of this class are depending heavily on
84       the underlying classes Sys::Syslog, Win32::EventLog or IO::Handle.  If
85       they are thread safe, you can well assume that this package is too.
86       (The exception being that you should better call $self->OpenLog()
87       before threading.)
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90         Net::Daemon is Copyright (C) 1998, Jochen Wiedmann
91                                            Am Eisteich 9
92                                            72555 Metzingen
93                                            Germany
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95                                            Phone: +49 7123 14887
96                                            Email: joe@ispsoft.de
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98         All rights reserved.
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100         You may distribute this package under the terms of either the GNU
101         General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the
102         Perl README file.
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SEE ALSO

105       Net::Daemon(3), Sys::Syslog(3), Win32::EventLog(3), IO::Handle(3)
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