How to write log to file

Question

I\'m trying to write to a log file with Go.

I have tried several approaches, all of which have failed. This is what I have tried:

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Answer 1

This works for me

1. created a package called logger.go

   package logger
   
   import (
     "flag"
     "os"
     "log"
     "go/build"
   )
   
   var (
     Log      *log.Logger
   )
   
   
   func init() {
       // set location of log file
       var logpath = build.Default.GOPATH + "/src/chat/logger/info.log"
   
      flag.Parse()
      var file, err1 = os.Create(logpath)
   
      if err1 != nil {
         panic(err1)
      }
         Log = log.New(file, "", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile)
         Log.Println("LogFile : " + logpath)
   }
   

   2. import the package wherever you want to log e.g main.go

      package main
      
      import (
         "logger"
      )
      
      const (
         VERSION = "0.13"
       )
      
      func main() {
      
          // time to use our logger, print version, processID and number of running process
          logger.Log.Printf("Server v%s pid=%d started with processes: %d", VERSION, os.Getpid(),runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU()))
      
      }
      

Answer 2

The default logger in Go writes to stderr (2). redirect to file

import ( 
    "syscall"
    "os" 
 )
func main(){
  fErr, err = os.OpenFile("Errfile", os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
  syscall.Dup2(int(fErr.Fd()), 1) /* -- stdout */
  syscall.Dup2(int(fErr.Fd()), 2) /* -- stderr */

}

Answer 3

I usually print the logs on screen and write into a file as well. Hope this helps someone.

f, err := os.OpenFile("/tmp/orders.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatalf("error opening file: %v", err)
}
defer f.Close()
wrt := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, f)
log.SetOutput(wrt)
log.Println(" Orders API Called")

Answer 4

To help others, I create a basic log function to handle the logging in both cases, if you want the output to stdout, then turn debug on, its straight forward to do a switch flag so you can choose your output.

func myLog(msg ...interface{}) {
    defer func() { r := recover(); if r != nil { fmt.Print("Error detected logging:", r) } }()
    if conf.DEBUG {
        fmt.Println(msg)
    } else {
        logfile, err := os.OpenFile(conf.LOGDIR+"/"+conf.AppName+".log", os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREATE | os.O_APPEND,0666)
        if !checkErr(err) {
            log.SetOutput(logfile)
            log.Println(msg)
        }
        defer logfile.Close()
    }
}

Answer 5

maybe this will help you (if the log file exists use it, if it does not exist create it):

package main

import (
    "flag"
    "log"
    "os"
)
//Se declara la variable Log. Esta será usada para registrar los eventos.
var (
    Log *log.Logger = Loggerx()
)

func Loggerx() *log.Logger {
    LOG_FILE_LOCATION := os.Getenv("LOG_FILE_LOCATION")
        //En el caso que la variable de entorno exista, el sistema usa la configuración del docker.
    if LOG_FILE_LOCATION == "" {
        LOG_FILE_LOCATION = "../logs/" + APP_NAME + ".log"
    } else {
        LOG_FILE_LOCATION = LOG_FILE_LOCATION + APP_NAME + ".log"
    }
    flag.Parse()
        //Si el archivo existe se rehusa, es decir, no elimina el archivo log y crea uno nuevo.
    if _, err := os.Stat(LOG_FILE_LOCATION); os.IsNotExist(err) {
        file, err1 := os.Create(LOG_FILE_LOCATION)
        if err1 != nil {
            panic(err1)
        }
                //si no existe,se crea uno nuevo.
        return log.New(file, "", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
    } else {
                //si existe se rehusa.
        file, err := os.OpenFile(LOG_FILE_LOCATION, os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        return log.New(file, "", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
    }
}

For more detail: https://su9.co/9BAE74B

Answer 6

I prefer the simplicity and flexibility of the 12 factor app recommendation for logging. To append to a log file you can use shell redirection. The default logger in Go writes to stderr (2).

./app 2>> logfile

See also: http://12factor.net/logs