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in reply to Re: Log::Log4perl Module
in thread Log::Log4perl Module

A side effect of this buffering approach is that the timestamp will be incorrect for most messages, especially when there is a long delay between messages. Adding time-based signals could reduce the problem, but not mitigate it completely.
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Re^3: Log::Log4perl Module
by broomduster (Priest) on Feb 14, 2011 at 14:39 UTC
    Agreed. The OP is apparently trying to emulate behavior of syslog, where some(?) implementations do this by default. But there are plenty of rants about why this is not necessarily a good idea.