OK, so basically the library asks the user to initialize the log. Makes sense. Is there a way to quickly duplicate the configuration of one logger into another?
;) I've never thought of doing this. If you were to use named loggers, duplicating its configuration would be very easy: #include <boost/logging/format/named_write.hpp> typedef boost::logging::named_logger<>::type logger_type; BOOST_DEFINE_LOG(g_l, logger_type) BOOST_DEFINE_LOG(g_l_2, logger_type) // dumplicating the g_l log g_l_2()->writer().format( g_l()->writer().format() ); g_l_2()->writer().destination( g_l()->writer().destination() ); If you have a regular logger (one that uses a writer which uses formatters and destinations), there's no easy way to do this. What you can do is this: add the same formatters/destinations to both loggers: formatter::time f("$mm:$ss"); g_l()->writer().add_formatter(f); g_l_2()->writer().add_formatter(f); Best, John -- http://John.Torjo.com -- C++ expert http://blog.torjo.com ... call me only if you want things done right