more or less functional draft

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/output.go b/output.go
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+package log
+
+import 	(
+	"os"
+	golanglog "log"
+)
+
+// start writing all the logging to a tmp file
+func SetTmp() {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile("/tmp/guilogfile", os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREATE | os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		golanglog.Fatalf("error opening file: %v", err)
+	}
+	// hmm. is there a trick here or must this be in main()
+	// defer f.Close()
+
+	golanglog.SetOutput(f)
+	golanglog.Println("This is a test log entry")
+}