--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RollingFileAppender is a FileAppender that rolls over the logfile -- once it has reached a certain size limit. It also mantains a -- maximum number of log files. -- -- @author Tiago Cesar Katcipis (tiagokatcipis@gmail.com) -- -- @copyright 2004-2007 Kepler Project --------------------------------------------------------------------------- require"logging" local function openFile(self) self.file = io.open(self.filename, "a") if not self.file then return nil, string.format("file `%s' could not be opened for writing", self.filename) end self.file:setvbuf ("line") return self.file end local rollOver = function (self) for i = self.maxIndex - 1, 1, -1 do -- files may not exist yet, lets ignore the possible errors. os.rename(self.filename.."."..i, self.filename.."."..i+1) end self.file:close() self.file = nil local _, msg = os.rename(self.filename, self.filename..".".."1") if msg then return nil, string.format("error %s on log rollover", msg) end return openFile(self) end local openRollingFileLogger = function (self) if not self.file then return openFile(self) end local filesize = self.file:seek("end", 0) if (filesize < self.maxSize) then return self.file end return rollOver(self) end function logging.rolling_file(filename, maxFileSize, maxBackupIndex, logPattern) if type(filename) ~= "string" then filename = "lualogging.log" end local obj = { filename = filename, maxSize = maxFileSize, maxIndex = maxBackupIndex or 1 } return logging.new( function(self, level, message) local f, msg = openRollingFileLogger(obj) if not f then return nil, msg end local s = logging.prepareLogMsg(logPattern, os.date(), level, message) f:write(s) return true end ) end