Module log

Logging

This module can also be called like a method, it takes 2 arguments, the log level and the log string, and log them to the log target.

See dbus, evdev, event, file, hwinfo, log, lua, misc, os, spawn, udev, xorg for more information about this type

Properties

`log_level`	Log level
`log_target`	Log target

log_level: string

Type:: string

Log level

Read/write property for log level. Possible values are: “error”, “warn”, “info”, “debug”

log_target: object

Type:: object

Log target

Write only property used to set the log target. Any object with a write(string) method could work. This module provides file_target() and stderr_target() for creating log targets that log to a file and stderr respectively.

Methods

`file_target(filename, overwrite)`	Log target for file
`stderr_target()`	Log target for stderr

file_target(filename, overwrite) → FileTarget

Return type:

FileTarget

Parameters:

filename (string)
overwrite (bool)

Log target for file

Create a log target that writes to a file.

stderr_target() → StderrTarget

Return type:: StderrTarget

Log target for stderr

Create a log target that writes to stderr.