in reply to Re^2: how to log a process
in thread how to log a process

This use of log handler is intersting -- i hadnot heard of it before -- I cahnged my script thussly:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl # now WITH Log Handler # 2592000 = 30 day n min (60 *60 * 24 *30 ) use strict; use POSIX; use warnings; use Log::Handler::Simple; my $log = Log::Handler::Simple->new( filename => '/script_logs/30DyDlt-LOG.txt', mode => 'append', newline => 1, maxlevel => 7, minlevel => 0 ); # change the below to dlt - dl30 ## my $logfile = "/script_logs/30DyDlt-LOG.txt"; my $date = localtime(); my $dir = '/oven_web/iportal/cgi-bin/uploads'; opendir(DIR,$dir) || die "Can't open $dir : $!\n"; my @files = readdir(DIR); # you may want to grep only certain files he +re close(DIR); ### my $logmsg = $date/$dir/$file; ###my $logmsg = "$date/$dir/$file"; $log->info #print $logmsg = $date/$dir/$file; open LOGFILE, ">> $logmsg " or die " cannot open logfie $logfile for a +ppend $!"; foreach my $file(@files) { my $now = time; my @stat = stat("$dir/$file"); if ($stat[9] < ($now - 2592000)) { print "Deleting $dir/$file..."; #unlink("$dir/$file"); #print "Done.\n"; $log->info("$date/$dir/$file"); } } close LOGFILE;
i just noted i - likely need to snip off :: close LOGFILE but that is not my - real problem . Of course I have not done it correctly . and it "lOOks like my Perl is ' missing ' something. an attempt to run blows up like this. . /usr/bin/perl /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j4.pl Can't locate Log/Handler/Simple.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j4.pl line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /oven_script/tst/dlt30day-oven1d-j4.pl line 7. well. it is a new record for me on total numberof chars in an error --- so that much was fun!

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Re^4: how to log a process
by bloonix (Monk) on Jun 07, 2009 at 19:32 UTC
    Log::Handler::Simple is deprecated. It's better to use Log::Handler.

    Deprecated:
    my $log = Log::Handler::Simple->new( filename => '/script_logs/30DyDlt-LOG.txt', mode => 'append', newline => 1, maxlevel => 7, minlevel => 0 );
    New since version 0.40:
    my $log = Log::Handler->new(); $log->add(file => { filename => '/script_logs/30DyDlt-LOG.txt', mode => 'append', newline => 1, maxlevel => 7, minlevel => 0 });