What are the benefits of using log4cxx over plain syslog()?

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  •  28-09-2019
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Question

I've had log4cxx recommended to me as a good way of generating log messages from C++ applications. However, plain old UNIX syslog() calls do let me output to files, or over the network, and have all the usual DEBUG/INFO/WARN/ERROR levels.

log4cxx is clearly more modular/customizable, but I really just want to log to a file so can't imagine needing to write any custom output functionality. I feel like I must be missing something: what does log4cxx give me over and above using plain syslog? Performance? Robustness? Portability?

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Solution

Portability.

If one day you chose to move your application to a windows environment or somewhere else that doesn't provide syslog(), you won't have to rewrite your logger.

OTHER TIPS

It gives you the dubious joy of reinventing a wheel. I've seen the light, and I'm shining it. Unix works better. Syslog().

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