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authorPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2018-06-13 23:56:38 +0200
committerPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2018-06-14 15:24:09 +0200
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[logger] Correct documentation
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml
index c60cf14cc7..98439983cf 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_disk_log_h.xml
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
<file>logger_disk_log_h.xml</file>
</header>
<module>logger_disk_log_h</module>
- <modulesummary>A disk_log based handler for the Logger.</modulesummary>
+ <modulesummary>A disk_log based handler for Logger</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This is a handler for Logger that offers circular
(wrapped) logs by using <seealso marker="disk_log"><c>disk_log</c></seealso>.
Multiple instances of this handler can be added to Logger, and each instance
- prints to its own disk_log file, created with the name and settings specified
+ prints to its own disk log file, created with the name and settings specified
in the handler configuration.</p>
<p>The default standard handler,
<seealso marker="logger_std_h"><c>logger_std_h</c></seealso>, can be
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@
<taglist>
<tag><c>file</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>This is the full name of the disk_log log file. The option
+ <p>This is the full name of the disk log file. The option
corresponds to the <c>name</c> property in the
<seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
datatype.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>type</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>This is the disk_log type, <c>wrap</c> or <c>halt</c>. The option
+ <p>This is the disk log type, <c>wrap</c> or <c>halt</c>. The option
corresponds to the <c>type</c> property in the
<seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
datatype.</p>
@@ -77,18 +77,19 @@
</item>
<tag><c>max_no_files</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>This is the maximum number of files that disk_log will use
+ <p>This is the maximum number of files that disk_log uses
for its circular logging. The option
corresponds to the <c>MaxNoFiles</c> element in the <c>size</c> property in the
<seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
datatype.</p>
- <p>Defaults to <c>10</c>. (The setting has no effect on a halt log).</p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>10</c>.</p>
+ <p>The setting has no effect on a halt log.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>max_no_bytes</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>This is the maximum number of bytes that will be written to
- a log file before disk_log proceeds with the next file in order (or
- generates an error in case of a full halt log). The option
+ <p>This is the maximum number of bytes that is written to
+ a log file before disk_log proceeds with the next file in order, or
+ generates an error in case of a full halt log. The option
corresponds to the <c>MaxNoBytes</c> element in the <c>size</c> property in the
<seealso marker="disk_log#open-1"><c>dlog_option()</c></seealso>
datatype.</p>
@@ -113,17 +114,13 @@
standard handler and the disk_log handler, and are documented in the
<seealso marker="logger_chapter#overload_protection"><c>User's Guide</c>
</seealso>.</p>
- <p>Note that when changing the configuration of the handler in runtime, by
- calling
- <seealso marker="logger#set_handler_config-2"><c>logger:set_handler_config/2
- or logger:set_handler_config/3</c></seealso>, the disk_log options (<c>file</c>,
- <c>type</c>, <c>max_no_files</c>, <c>max_no_bytes</c>) must not be modified.</p>
+ <p>Notice that when changing the configuration of the handler in runtime, the
+ disk_log options (<c>file</c>, <c>type</c>, <c>max_no_files</c>,
+ <c>max_no_bytes</c>) must not be modified.</p>
<p>Example of adding a disk_log handler:</p>
<code type="none">
logger:add_handler(my_disk_log_h, logger_disk_log_h,
- #{level => error,
- filter_default => log,
- config => #{file => "./my_disk_log",
+ #{config => #{file => "./my_disk_log",
type => wrap,
max_no_files => 4,
max_no_bytes => 10000},
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ logger:add_handler(my_disk_log_h, logger_disk_log_h,
</code>
<p>To use the disk_log handler instead of the default standard
handler when starting an Erlang node, change the Kernel default logger to
- use disk_log. Example:</p>
+ use <c>logger_disk_log_h</c>. Example:</p>
<code type="none">
erl -kernel logger '[{handler,default,logger_disk_log_h,
#{config => #{file => "./system_disk_log"}}}]'