// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris package boba import ( "log" "log/syslog" "os" ) // LogToFile sets up default logging to log to a file This is helpful as we // can't print to the terminal since our TUI is occupying it. If the file // doesn't exist it will be created. // // Don't forget to close the file when you're done with it. // // f, err := LogToFile("debug.log", "debug") // if err != nil { // fmt.Println("fatal:", err) // os.Exit(1) // } // defer f.Close() func LogToFile(path string, prefix string) (*os.File, error) { f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644) if err != nil { return nil, err } log.SetOutput(f) return f, nil } // UseSysLog sets up logging to log the system log. This becomes helpful when // debugging since we can't print to the terminal since our TUI is occupying it. // // On macOS this is a just a matter of: tail -f /var/log/system.log // On Linux this varies depending on distribution. func UseSysLog(programName string) error { l, err := syslog.New(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, programName) if err != nil { return err } log.SetOutput(l) return nil }