gistfile1.rb

require 'logger'

class Object
  def start_logger
    env_type = ENV["LOG"] ||= "DEBUG"
    if env_type == "PDM"
      init_log(STDOUT, Logger::INFO)
    else
      level = eval("Logger::#{env_type.gsub('SCREEN_','')}")
      if env_type.index("SCREEN_")
        init_log(STDOUT, level)
      else
        init_log(File.expand_path("log/nwms.log"), level)
      end
    end
  end

  def init_log(output_to=File.expand_path("log/nwms.log"), level=Logger::DEBUG)
    $log = Logger.new(output_to, 'daily')
    $log.level = level
    $log.formatter = Logger::Formatter.new
    $log.datetime_format = "%Y-%m-%d"
    $log.debug { "Initialized logger" }
  end

  def log
    $log
  end
end

start_logger