SingularityMatrix · August 29, 2015 14:27 · Oct 11, 2011 · Oct 11, 2011
diff --git a/custom_logger.rb b/custom_logger.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# lib/custom_logger.rb
 class CustomLogger < Logger
   def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
     "#{timestamp.to_formatted_s(:db)} #{severity} #{msg}\n"

diff --git a/development.rb b/development.rb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+# in development.rb
 require "custom_logger"
diff --git a/top_controller.rb b/top_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# usage
+# in controller files
 CUSTOM_LOGGER.info("info from custom logger")
 CUSTOM_LOGGER.debug("debug from custom logger")
 CUSTOM_LOGGER.error("error from custom logger")
diff --git a/custom_logger.rb b/custom_logger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class CustomLogger < Logger
+  def format_message(severity, timestamp, progname, msg)
+    "#{timestamp.to_formatted_s(:db)} #{severity} #{msg}\n"
+  end
+end
+
+logfile = File.open("#{Rails.root}/log/custom.log", 'a')  # create log file
+logfile.sync = true  # automatically flushes data to file
+CUSTOM_LOGGER = CustomLogger.new(logfile)  # constant accessible anywhere
diff --git a/development.rb b/development.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+require "custom_logger"
diff --git a/top_controller.rb b/top_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# usage
+CUSTOM_LOGGER.info("info from custom logger")
+CUSTOM_LOGGER.debug("debug from custom logger")
+CUSTOM_LOGGER.error("error from custom logger")