Writes a message to a log file.
<cflog text="">
cflog(text="");
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| text | string | Yes | Message text to log. | |
| log | string | No | If you omit the file attribute, writes messages to standard log file. Ignored, if you specify file attribute. 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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| file | string | No | 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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| type | string | No | Type (severity) of the message | |
| application | boolean | No | log application name, if it is specified in a cfapplication tag. |
CFLog will create a file or append to a file named myAppLog.log in the servers logs directory.
<cflog file="myAppLog" text="Whatever you want to log." type="information" >
writeLog(text = "Logging some info.", type = "information", application = "no", file = "myLogFile");