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pretty_env_logger

A pretty, easy-to-use logger for Rust.

Latest version: 0.5.0 registry icon
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Licensing

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MIT   -   MIT License

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Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

Apache-2.0   -   Apache License 2.0

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Not proprietary

OSI Compliant

pretty-env-logger

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A simple logger built on top of env_logger. It is configured via an environment variable and writes to standard error with nice colored output for log levels.

example output

Usage

Add the dependency to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
log = "0.4"
pretty_env_logger = "0.4"

Add some usage to your application:

extern crate pretty_env_logger;
#[macro_use] extern crate log;

fn main() {
    pretty_env_logger::init();
    info!("such information");
    warn!("o_O");
    error!("much error");
}

Then run your app with the environmental variable set:

RUST_LOG=trace cargo run

License

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