ERL-913: Bug in Logger Documentation

[OTP-Maintainer]

Original reporter: ad-pro
Affected version: OTP-21.0
Component: edoc
Migrated from: https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-913

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According to erlang documentation it is possibe to configure logger for file only:

from Erlang Documentation:
[http://erlang.org/doc/apps/kernel/logger_chapter.html#logger_parameter]
{quote}
Modify the default handler to print to a file instead of standard_io:

[\{kernel,
[\{logger,
  [\{handler, default, logger_std_h,  % \{handler, HandlerId, Module,Config}
    #\{config => #\{file => "log/erlang.log"}}}
]}]}].
{quote}


  1.  In case of a wrong parameter, Logger just do not create file.

    Looks like documentation is incomplete

   {quote} \[\{kernel, \[\{logger, \[\{handler, default, logger_std_h, % \{handler, HandlerId, Module,Config} #\{config => #\{file => "log/erlang.log"}}} ]}]}].

    \{config => #\{file => "log/erlang.log"}}
{quote}

should be changed to:

{quote}#\{config => #\{ type => \{file => "log/erlang.log"}}}}

 [\{kernel,
 [\{logger,
  [\{handler, default, logger_std_h,  % \{handler, HandlerId, Module,Config}
   #\{config => #\{ type => \{file => "log/erlang.log"}}}}
]}]}].
{quote}

[OTP-Maintainer]

siri said:

Hi, I think you are looking at the documentation for OTP-21.3, but using an earlier version of the code. Is that correct?