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https://github.com/colbygk/log4r

Log4r is a comprehensive and flexible logging library for use in Ruby programs. It features a heirarchical logging system of any number of levels, custom level names, multiple output destinations per log event, custom formatting, and more.
https://github.com/colbygk/log4r

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Log4r is a comprehensive and flexible logging library for use in Ruby programs. It features a heirarchical logging system of any number of levels, custom level names, multiple output destinations per log event, custom formatting, and more.

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Log4r - A flexible logging library for Ruby



This release:      1.1.11

Release date:      04/Jan/2014

License:           BSD

Maintainer:        Colby Gutierrez-Kraybill

Contributors:      Leon Torres               Original Maintainer

                   Martain Stannard          RollingFileOutputter

                   Steve Lumos               SyslogOutputter

                   Mark Lewandowski          ScribeOutputter

                   Andreas Hund              YamlConfigurator

                   Jamis Buck                log4r.gemspec

                   Charles Strahan           log4jxml/chainsaw integration

                   Nitay Joffe               STARTTLS

                   David Siegal              Smart updates to RollingFileOutputter

Homepage:          http://log4r.rubyforge.org/

Download:          http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=203



Summary

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Log4r is a comprehensive and flexible logging library written in Ruby for use 

in Ruby programs. It features a hierarchical logging system of any number of 

levels, custom level names, logger inheritance, multiple output destinations 

per log event, execution tracing, custom formatting, thread safteyness, XML 

and YAML configuration, and more.



Requirements

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* (required) Ruby >= 1.7.0 (use log4r 1.0.2 for Ruby 1.6)

* (optional) RubyGems for installing Log4r as a gem

* (optional) Ruby syslog library for SyslogOutputter

* (optional) XML configuration requires REXML

* (optional) log4j chainsaw integration requires 'builder' >= 2.0

* (optional) STARTTLS email login, requires 'smtp_tls" if Ruby <= 1.8.6



More Info

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* Installation instructions are in the file INSTALL



* Comprehensive examples are provided in examples/ and can be run right away



* Log4r homepage: doc/index.html

  Online: http://log4r.rubyforge.org/



* Manual: doc/manual.html

  Online: http://log4r.rubyforge.org/manual.html

  

* RDoc API reference: doc/rdoc/index.html 

  Online: http://log4r.rubyforge.org/rdoc/index.html

  

* The changelog



* Log4r is hosted by RubyForge, which provides news, bug tracking and a forum



* Feel free to bug the maintainer with any questions (listed at top of file)



Usability

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Log4r works really well, so please take advantage of it right away! :)

All versions since 0.9.2 have been stable and backward-compatible. The

code is stable enough that updates are infrequent and usually only for

adding features or keeping the code up to date with Ruby.



Platform Issues

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Log4r is known to work on Linux and WindowsXP. It's safe to assume that Log4r 

will work on any Ruby-supported platform.



When Trouble Strikes

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Log4r comes with an internal logger. To see its output, create a logger

named 'log4r' before any others and give it a suitable outputter,



  trouble = Logger.new['log4r']

  trouble.add Outputter.stdout



Try running the unit tests provided (run the file tests/runtest.rb). Let

the maintainer know what's up and feel free to explore and fix the 

code yourself. It's well documented and written in Ruby. :)