Daily logger not working?

Rails
1

Hi,

In my controller I have given:

logger = Logger.new(‘try.log’, shift_age=‘daily’)

A file is created in the root folder of my application as try.log.

But if I give logger.info(‘testing’) then this is logged in
development.log instead of try.log. Am I missing some setup?

2

If you want a controller specific logger, you should over-write the
the inherited @logger attribute and provide an accessor for it.

attr_accessor :logger
def initialize
super
@logger = Logger.new(‘try.log’)
end

…

If you want a rails-wide logger over-ride, you’ll need to do it in
config/environment*

One caveat – in clustered setups using Ruby-specific log rotation is
a huge no-no and will cause you massive headaches in the future. You
should rely on some sort of external log rotation solution (logrotate,
etc) for those.

3

Can you point me as to where I can get an idea of external log rotation?

4

There are a few packages out there. This is what I use:
http://iain.cx/src/logrotate/