I'm running on Vista and compiled with VC8. I have initialized the backend like this: ----------------------- typedef sinks::synchronous_sink< sinks::text_file_backend > sink_type; boost::shared_ptr< sink_type > sink = boost::make_shared< sink_type >( keywords::file_name = "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%5N.log", keywords::open_mode = (std::ios::out | std::ios::app), keywords::auto_flush = true, keywords::rotation_size = rotate_size // rotation size, in characters ); if( target_directory.empty() ) { target_directory = suggest_target_directory(); } // Set up where the rotated files will be stored sink->locked_backend()->set_file_collector( sinks::file::make_collector( keywords::target = target_directory, // where to store rotated files keywords::max_size = max_stored_size, // maximum total size of the stored files, in bytes keywords::min_free_space = min_free_space // minimum free space on the drive, in bytes )); sink->locked_backend()->auto_flush(true); // Upon restart, scan the target directory for files matching the file_name pattern sink->locked_backend()->scan_for_files(); typedef aux::add_common_attributes_constants< char > traits_t; sink->locked_backend()->set_formatter( formatters::stream << formatters::attr< unsigned int
(traits_t::line_id_attr_name()) << " [" << formatters::date_time< boost::posix_time::ptime (traits_t::time_stamp_attr_name()) << "] [" << formatters::attr< attributes::current_thread_id::held_type >(traits_t::thread_id_attr_name()) << "] [" << formatters::attr< severity_level (sources::aux::severity_attribute_name< char >::get()) << "] " << formatters::message< char >() );
core::get()->add_sink(sink); --------- Notice I have also added a call to auto_flush (for good measure with the keyword didn't work (o; ) What happens is that the log file shows up after the program exits. Since I was hoping to tail the file for some debug ... that isn't very convenient. Ideas of what I have done wrong? TIA michael -- ---------------------------------- Michael Caisse Object Modeling Designs www.objectmodelingdesigns.com