[libvirt] [RFC Patch 0/3]virsh: Enable env support for virsh logging

[Eric Blake]

On 05/09/2011 01:07 AM, Supriya Kannery wrote:
> Defining environment variables for debug log-level and log-file will avoid 
> specifying the same in each virsh command. Following is a patchset 
> for enabling env variable support for virsh logging.
> 
> Two new  environment variables are defined:
> 
> a. VIRSH_DEBUG=<log_level>
>    log_level can be a value between 0 - 4, where
>    0 -> "ERROR"
>    1 -> "WARNING"
>    2 -> "NOTICE"
>    3 -> "INFO"
>    4 -> "DEBUG"
> 
> b. VIRSH_LOG_FILE=<logfile-path-and-name>
>    logfile-path-and-name is the name and complete path for the log file.
> 
> The above two variables are independent.
> if log_level is specified without setting a log file name,
>    then, logs will be displayed in stdio.
> If logfile-path-and-name specified without setting log_level,
>    then, default log_level (DEBUG) will be used to log to the specified file.

Seems reasonable to me.  I'm now in the middle of reviewing the patch set.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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