README.md

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Makes a standard os.File a "reopenable writer" and allows SIGHUP signals
to reopen log files, as needed by
[logrotated](https://fedorahosted.org/logrotate/).  This is inspired
by the C/Posix
[freopen](http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/freopen.html)

The simple version `reopen.NewFileWriter` does unbuffered writing.  A
call to `.Reopen` closes the existing file handle, and then re-opens
it using the original filename.

The more advanced version `reopen.NewBufferedFileWriter` buffers input
and flushes when the internal buffer is full (with care) or if 30 seconds has
elapsed.

There is also `reopen.Stderr` and `reopen.Stdout` which implements the `reopen.Reopener` interface (and does nothing on a reopen call).

`reopen.Discard` wraps `ioutil.Discard`

Samples are in `example1` and `example2`.  The `run.sh` scripts are a
dumb test where the file is rotated underneath the server, and nothing
is lost.  This is not the most robust test but gives you an idea of how it works.


Here's some sample code.

```go
package main

/* Simple logrotate logger
 */
import (
       "fmt"
       "log"
       "net/http"
       "os"
       "os/signal"
       "syscall"

       "github.com/client9/reopen"
)

func main() {
        // setup logger to write to our new *reopenable* log file

        f, err := reopen.NewFileWriter("/tmp/example.log")
        if err != nil {
           log.Fatalf("Unable to set output log: %s", err)
        }
        log.SetOutput(f)

        // Handle SIGHUP
        //
        // channel is number of signals needed to catch  (more or less)
        // we only are working with one here, SIGHUP
        sighup := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
        signal.Notify(sighup, syscall.SIGHUP)
        go func() {
           for {
               <-sighup
              fmt.Println("Got a sighup")
              f.Reopen()
            }
         }()

        // dumb http server that just prints and logs the path
        http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
            log.Printf("%s", r.URL.Path)
            fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", r.URL.Path)
        })
        log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:8123", nil))
}
```