ERL-850: logger_std_h stop logging to file after editing

[OTP-Maintainer]

Original reporter: sdl.web@gmail.com
Affected version: OTP-21.2
Fixed in version: OTP-21.3
Component: kernel
Migrated from: https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-850

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Configure logger_std_h to log to a file.

When the file is removed it is recreated and no logs are lost, which is good.

Edit the file (e.g. in vim and save), no future logs are written to the file. Is this intended behaviour?

[OTP-Maintainer]

siri said:

No, this is not the intended behavior. Unfortunately, future logs might in this case be written to a backup file created by the editor.

Thanks for reporting! A correction for this will be included in OTP-21.3

[OTP-Maintainer]

sdl.web@gmail.com said:

Thanks. Look forward to 21.3. What should happen to logger_disk_log_h in this case when file gets edited?