'quickness' depends on how fast your log is filling. Log size matters too. I usually offer two views of my logs. One is a full/slow/not refreshing view of the entire file. The other is a partial/fast/auto-refreshing view of the last 20-50 lines (via a tail command).
For specific "realtime" needs, I have once used a message queue (orbited) to broadcast log messages to web clients in real-time. But this is quite over-sophisticated !! Storing log in database sounds like bad idea : Log size will decrease performance of all operations (even if it is not log related). Logging module have rotating file feature to avoid filling your disk with ever-growing logs. You will never lock your database with logging to files. 2011/1/20 mart <[email protected]>: > yeah, its all python... Are you able to refresh quickly enough (like > with large file processing) ? I log everything to a few tables, so, I > should be able to use what you're saying but by querying the DB > instead of open/read/close a file repeatedly? > > This a great idea! Thanks :) > > On Jan 20, 4:42 pm, Philippe ENTZMANN <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Via the Python logging module. >> This is a code snippet I use to set a log file (if your process is in >> Python) : >> >> log = logging.getLogger("checkmail") >> log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) >> fh = logging.FileHandler("../logs/checkmail.log") >> fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) >> # create formatter and add it to the handlers >> formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - >> %(levelname)s - %(message)s") >> fh.setFormatter(formatter) >> # add the handlers to logger >> log.addHandler(fh) >> >> Your controller will do : >> return >> dict(data=open("/application/myapp/logs/checkmail.log").readlines()) >> >> If your process is not a Python program, you can redirect output to a >> file via a shell redirection (>) or with the subprocess module. >> >> 2011/1/20 mart <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> > Does anyone have a quick ad dirty trick to display process output to a >> > web age (a panel or something)? >> >> > Thanks, >> > Mart :) >
