Hi Monks
I wrote a simple logging module (OO), that does basic writing.
Now I want to specify at initiation the output file.
My code:
sub _write {
   my ($self, $message, $status) = @_;

   my $timestamp = (strftime "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S", localtime);

   print STDOUT $timestamp, $self->{_separator}, $status, $self->{_sep
+arator}, $message, "\n";

   $self;
}


# Constructor
sub new {
   my $class = shift;
   ( bless {}, $class )->_init( {@_} );
}

sub _init($) {
   my ($self, $args) = @_;

   $|=1; # Unbuffered output

   $self->{_rootdir}   = $ENV{DIR_LOG};              # Set the rootdir
+ for logfiles
   $self->{_separator} = $$args{separator} || ' - '; # Default one spa
+ce - no concatenation is possible

   $self->_write("$0 started... (pid $$)", 'SYSTEM');

   $self;
}


# Methods
sub notify {
   my ($self, $message) = @_;
   my $status = 'NOTIFY';
   $self->_write($message, $status);
}

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What should I do print to the filehandle, which is set at initialisation?
It has to be passed somehow..
I did several attempts (including internet searches) but ofcoure no satisfying result, or I wont ask you Monks for help! ;-)
Rgds,
John

In reply to Passing filehandles by j.goor

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