How to log something in Rails in an independent log file?

Question

In rails I want to log some information in a different log file and not the standard development.log or production.log. I want to do this logging from a model class.

Answer 1

Here is my custom logger:

class DebugLog
  def self.debug(message=nil)
    return unless Rails.env.development? and message.present?
    @logger ||= Logger.new(File.join(Rails.root, 'log', 'debug.log'))
    @logger.debug(message) 
  end
end