logfile.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# Copyright (C) 2013 Dan Fruehauf <malkodan@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

# logs message to a file
# message will arrive via STDIN
# $1 - log level
# $2 - log file to log to
initialize() {
	local log_level=`echo $1 | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"`; shift
	local log_file=$1; shift
	mkdir -p `dirname $log_file`
	local msg_prefix="["`date`"] $log_level: "
	echo -n "$msg_prefix" >> $log_file
	cat >> $log_file
}