Re: Can I from within a module access variables from the calling program?

[Anonymous Monk]

in reply to Can I from within a module access variables from the calling program?

Q: What if I need dynamic values in a static Log4perl configuration file?

A: log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = sub { logfile(); };

A: log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = sub { MyHackySack->logfile(); };

A: log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = sub { $Hallo::Ween::GLOBULON || 'punkinguts.log' };

[Anonymous Monk]

Also heed the security warning in the FAQ item I linked above, and circumvent the security issue with a custom appender like (the untested):

package Log::Log4perl::Appender::HJOfilnamed;
use parent qw[ Log::Log4perl::Appender::File ];
use POSIX();
sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    my %opts  = @_;
    my $tim   = POSIX::strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ', gmtime);
    my $fname = join '.', grep defined, $opts{name}, $opts{appender}, 
+$tim, 'log';
    $fname =~ s{::}{.}g;
    $fname =~ s{[^0-9a-zA-Z\-\+\.}{}g;
    $fname = $1 if $fname =~ /^(.*)$/
    return $class->new( @_, filename => $fname );
}

So  log4perl.appender.myFILE = Log::Log4perl::Appender::HJOfilnamed gets you a  MyApp.myFILE.2012-10-29T02-40-04Z.log

You'd probably want to set other defaults to your liking :)( layout, mode, ... )

[HJO]

Hi Anonymous Monk,

Thank you for your answer, it seems to fix my issue, but I'm afraid I don't understand it quite well :(

package Log::Log4perl::Appender::HJOfilnamed;
use parent qw[ Log::Log4perl::Appender::File ];

Are you creating and entire module juste for the purpose of logging ? I mean, that's a good idea, I must admit it never accured to me that I could do so... And the use parent, what is it doing precisely please ?

If I understand quite well, you are creating an object to create a new name at every launch of the main script ? And you are calling it at the intialization of the logger ? Does this allows me to have the exact same logfile name for my script and its module ? (I mean, even if there's a delay of about a second between the two initializatons)

And thanks for the way you are naming your file, basically I use the same, but I'll stick to my method, it seems rather complicated the way you do it, at least to complicate for me...

[Anonymous Monk]

And the use parent, what is it doing precisely please ?

If you're really interested, read about it :) perldoc parent

output

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testcase (creates 3 logfiles on each run)

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