Rails Logger Tricks

rails_logger_tricks.rb

#Rails Logger Tricks

#Here are a few quick tricks for using the Rails logger.

#Save disk space by rotating logs in the config/environments/test.rb and config/environments/development.rb

config.logger = Logger.new(Rails.root.join("log",Rails.env + ".log"),3,5*1024*1024)
#which will rotate the log files every 5 megabytes and leave only the three most recent log files. This will limit the total spaces #used by the logs at 15 megabytes.

#To log to STDOUT while using the console use this trick:

if $0 == "irb"
  config.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
else
  config.logger = Logger.new(Rails.root.join("log",Rails.env + ".log"),3,5*1024*1024)  
end