Writes a message to a log file.
WriteLog( text=string, type=string, application=boolean, file=string, log=string );
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Description |
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text
string,
required
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Message text to log.
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type
string,
optional
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Type (severity) of the message:
- information (default)
- warning
- error
- fatal
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application
boolean,
optional
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log application name, if it is specified in a cfapplication tag.
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file
string,
optional
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Message file. Specify only the main part of the filename. For example, to log to the Testing.log file, specify "Testing". The file must be located in the default log directory. You cannot specify a directory path.
If the file does not exist, it is created automatically, with the suffix .log.
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log
string,
optional
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If you omit the file argument, writes messages to standard log file. Ignored, if you specify file argument.
- application: writes to Application.log, normally used for application-specific messages.
- scheduler: writes to Scheduler.log, normally used to log the execution of scheduled tasks.
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Examples
writeLog(log="MyLog", text=now(), type="error");
See also
