From: Brian Cowdery <bcowdery@...>
Date: 2006-06-17T00:40:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Capturing STDOUT to a Logger

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> The other alternative is to set $stdout to your log file, e.g.
> 
> $stdout = File.open("logfile.txt", "w")
> 
> then create the logger for  stdout
> 
> logger = Logger.new($stdout)
> 
> This has it's ups and its downs compared to the other method.
> 
> 
> You don't have to add an IO methods to the logger (puts, print, etc.)
> but the stuff written won't be prefixed with the log information.

Thanks a million.

Just a quick note for anyone else, but it looks like Test::Unit actualy 
writes directly to STDOUT (look at console/testrunner), he's captured 
STDOUT as a class viarable @io - so the only way that we can grab all 
output (errors ect) is by manipulating STDOUT directly... so expanding 
on the above method:

instead of
> $stdout = File.open("logfile.txt", "w")

use
STDOUT.reopen("logfile.txt", "w")

then
> logger = Logger.new($stdout)

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