Thank you, missed that, didn't fully understand the nature of *defer*, but now I do!
On Monday, February 5, 2018 at 3:42:10 PM UTC-6, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Your init is closing the file before returning, so at that point all the > writes are failing. If you check the error you receive from logger.Print > you should see something to that effect. > > Thomas > > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 1:39 PM <mbr...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm initializing a Logger variable in an init() function and then >> attempting to use in the main() function. However, I'm able to Printf from >> the Logger in the init() function but not inside the main() function. Any >> help would be appreciated. >> >> package main >> >> import ( >> >> "fmt" >> "log" >> "io" >> >> "os" >> >> } >> >> var ( >> >> logFile *os.File >> logger *log.Logger >> multiWriter io.Writer >> >> ) >> >> func init() { >> >> fmt.Println("init() function") >> >> var logFileError error >> logFile, logFileError = os.Create("gopoc.log") >> if logFileError != nil { >> panic(logFileError) >> } >> defer logFile.Close() >> >> fmt.Println("Creating log file") >> >> multiWriter = io.MultiWriter(logFile, os.Stdout) >> >> logger = log.New(multiWriter, gopocLogPrefix, log.Ldate | log.Ltime | >> log.Lshortfile) >> logger.SetOutput(multiWriter) >> >> fmt.Println("Created logger") >> >> logger.Printf("Using logger") // prints to console and logFile as >> expected >> >> } >> >> func main() { >> >> fmt.Println("main() function ") // prints to console >> >> fmt.Println(logger) // I can see the object pointer >> >> logger.Print("hello") // This does not print to logFile nor >> os.Stdout !!! >> >> } >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.