# README
This program is like a special diary writer that can write in two places at once! It writes a message in a book (a file) and also tells you the message out loud (prints it on the screen). It's like when you tell a secret to your friend and your mom at the same time!
Now, let's go through the thought process of writing this code:
-
We want to create a program that logs messages, but we want these messages to appear in two places: a file and on the screen.
-
First, we need to create or open a file to write our messages in.
-
We want to make sure we close the file when we're done, so we don't forget.
-
We decide to use a special writer that can write to multiple places at once.
-
We create a logger that uses this special writer.
-
Finally, we use the logger to write a message that includes a special number (the process ID).
Here's a breakdown of the code:
-
We set up flags for opening the file. These flags tell Go we want to:
- Add to the end of the file if it exists (O_APPEND)
- Create the file if it doesn't exist (O_CREATE)
- Open the file for writing (O_WRONLY)
-
We try to open (or create) the file named "myLog.log" with these flags.
-
If there's an error opening the file, we print the error and exit the program.
-
We use
defer
to make sure we close the file when the program is done. -
We create a
MultiWriter
that will write to both our file and toos.Stderr
(which prints to the screen). -
We create a new logger that uses this
MultiWriter
. We give it a prefix "myApp: " and tell it to include the standard flags (date and time). -
Finally, we use the logger to print a message. This message includes the process ID (a unique number for this running program) which we get with
os.Getpid()
.
This code demonstrates how to set up logging that outputs to multiple destinations simultaneously. It's a useful technique when you want to see log messages immediately (on the screen) but also keep a record of them (in a file). The thought process involves considering where we want our logs to go, how to set up the file, and how to create a logger that can write to multiple places at once.