/**
open, write, close the file rather than hold it forever so it can handle having
the file deleted from underneath it without failing.
*/
void LogToFile :: PushItemsToFile()
{
try {
std::ofstream file(mFileName.c_str(), std::ios::app | std::ios::out);
if(!file.is_open()) std::cerr << "Failure to open: " << mFileName << std::endl;
LogEntry le;
while(ReadLog(le)) file << le.LogString() << std::endl;
file << std::flush;
if(file.bad()) std::cerr << "Failure during writing log file: " << file.rdstate() << std::endl;
file.close();
}
catch(std::exception e){
std::cerr << "Error during LogToFile: " << e.what() << std::endl;
}
}
/**
open, write, close the file rather than hold it forever so it can handle having
the file deleted from underneath it without failing.
*/
void LogToFile :: PushItemsToFile()
{
try {
// we need to open file in append mode first time only
std::ofstream file(mFileName.c_str(), mOverwriteFile ? (std::ios::out) : (std::ios::app | std::ios::out));
if(!file.is_open()) std::cerr << "Failure to open: " << mFileName << std::endl;
mOverwriteFile = false;
LogEntry le;
while(ReadLog(le)) file << le.LogString() << std::endl;
file << std::flush;
if(file.bad()) std::cerr << "Failure during writing log file: " << file.rdstate() << std::endl;
file.close();
}
catch(std::exception e) {
std::cerr << "Error during LogToFile: " << e.what() << std::endl;
}
}
