Re: Logging Question

Close the Filehandle and re-open it after each line.

HTH,

Stephan
> Hello Everyone:
>
> I have a Perl script that connects to multiple Oracle databases. I
> have the script write some status information to
> a log file. There is one particular database that hangs in
> processing, and I don't know why. The log file does not seem
> to be written until the file is closed.
>
> I am wondering, is there a Perl command or technique that will force
> lines that are logically written to a log file to be
> physically written to that file?
>
> Here's my opening code:
> #
> #
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------
> # Open Log file
> #
> ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------
> my $logFileName = "${HomeDir}/work/monitor/output/logs/db_status.log";
> open( LOGF, ">>" . $logFileName ) or die "\nCannot open log file\n\n";
> print LOGF "\n----------\n";
> print LOGF sprintf("db_status started at %02d-%02d-%04d %02d:%02d:%02d\n",
> $Tm->mon+1, $Tm->mday, $Tm->year+1900, $Tm->hour,
> $Tm->min, $Tm->sec );
>