Crate tracing_appender
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Writers for logging events and spans
Overview
tracing
is a framework for structured, event-based diagnostic information.
tracing-appender
allows events and spans to be recorded in a non-blocking manner through
a dedicated logging thread. It also provides a RollingFileAppender
that can
be used with or without the non-blocking writer.
Compiler support: requires rustc
1.53+
Usage
Add the following to your Cargo.toml
:
tracing-appender = "0.2"
This crate can be used in a few ways to record spans/events:
- Using a
RollingFileAppender
to perform writes to a log file. This will block on writes. - Using any type implementing
std::io::Write
in a non-blocking fashion. - Using a combination of
NonBlocking
andRollingFileAppender
to allow writes to a log file without blocking.
Rolling File Appender
let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::hourly("/some/directory", "prefix.log");
This creates an hourly rotating file appender that writes to /some/directory/prefix.log.YYYY-MM-DD-HH
.
Rotation::DAILY
and Rotation::NEVER
are the other available options.
The file appender implements std::io::Write
. To be used with tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber
,
it must be combined with a MakeWriter
implementation to be able to record tracing spans/event.
The rolling
module’s documentation provides more detail on how to use this file appender.
Non-Blocking Writer
The example below demonstrates the construction of a non_blocking
writer with std::io::stdout()
,
which implements MakeWriter
.
let (non_blocking, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(std::io::stdout());
tracing_subscriber::fmt()
.with_writer(non_blocking)
.init();
Note: _guard
is a WorkerGuard
which is returned by tracing_appender::non_blocking
to ensure buffered logs are flushed to their output in the case of abrupt terminations of a process.
See WorkerGuard
module for more details.
The example below demonstrates the construction of a tracing_appender::non_blocking
writer constructed with a std::io::Write
:
use std::io::Error;
struct TestWriter;
impl std::io::Write for TestWriter {
fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
let buf_len = buf.len();
println!("{:?}", buf);
Ok(buf_len)
}
fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
Ok(())
}
}
let (non_blocking, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(TestWriter);
tracing_subscriber::fmt()
.with_writer(non_blocking)
.init();
The non_blocking
module’s documentation provides more detail on how to use non_blocking
.
Non-Blocking Rolling File Appender
let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::hourly("/some/directory", "prefix.log");
let (non_blocking, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
tracing_subscriber::fmt()
.with_writer(non_blocking)
.init();
Supported Rust Versions
tracing-appender
is built against the latest stable release. The minimum supported
version is 1.53. The current tracing-appender
version is not guaranteed to build on
Rust versions earlier than the minimum supported version.
Tracing follows the same compiler support policies as the rest of the Tokio project. The current stable Rust compiler and the three most recent minor versions before it will always be supported. For example, if the current stable compiler version is 1.45, the minimum supported version will not be increased past 1.42, three minor versions prior. Increasing the minimum supported compiler version is not considered a semver breaking change as long as doing so complies with this policy.
Modules
- A non-blocking, off-thread writer.
- A rolling file appender.
Functions
- Convenience function for creating a non-blocking, off-thread writer.