Removed force_flush arg from everywhere. Use flush_on(level) instead

include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h

@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ public:
     const int open_tries = 5;
     const int open_interval = 10;
 
-    explicit file_helper(bool force_flush) :
-        _fd(nullptr),
-        _force_flush(force_flush)
+    explicit file_helper() :
+        _fd(nullptr)        
     {}
 
     file_helper(const file_helper&) = delete;
@@ -90,10 +89,7 @@ public:
         size_t msg_size = msg.formatted.size();
         auto data = msg.formatted.data();
         if (std::fwrite(data, 1, msg_size, _fd) != msg_size)
-            throw spdlog_ex("Failed writing to file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename), errno);
-
-        if (_force_flush)
-            std::fflush(_fd);
+            throw spdlog_ex("Failed writing to file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename), errno);        
     }
 
     size_t size()
@@ -116,8 +112,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     FILE* _fd;
-    filename_t _filename;
-    bool _force_flush;
+    filename_t _filename;    
 };
 }
 }

include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ inline void spdlog::drop(const std::string &name)
 // Create multi/single threaded simple file logger
 inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::basic_logger_mt(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename, bool truncate)
 {
-    return create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>(logger_name, filename, false, truncate);
+    return create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>(logger_name, filename, truncate);
 }
 
 inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::basic_logger_st(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename, bool truncate)
 {
-    return create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_st>(logger_name, filename, false, truncate);
+    return create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_st>(logger_name, filename, truncate);
 }
 
 // Create multi/single threaded rotating file logger

include/spdlog/sinks/file_sinks.h

@@ -23,16 +23,13 @@ namespace spdlog
 namespace sinks
 {
 /*
-* Trivial file sink with single file as target
-*/
+ * Trivial file sink with single file as target
+ */
 template<class Mutex>
 class simple_file_sink : public base_sink < Mutex >
 {
 public:
-    explicit simple_file_sink(const filename_t &filename,
-                              bool force_flush = false,
-                              bool truncate = false) :
-        _file_helper(force_flush)
+    explicit simple_file_sink(const filename_t &filename, bool truncate = false)  
     {
         _file_helper.open(filename, truncate);
     }
@@ -54,21 +51,20 @@ typedef simple_file_sink<std::mutex> simple_file_sink_mt;
 typedef simple_file_sink<details::null_mutex> simple_file_sink_st;
 
 /*
-* Rotating file sink based on size
-*/
+ * Rotating file sink based on size
+ */
 template<class Mutex>
 class rotating_file_sink : public base_sink < Mutex >
 {
 public:
     rotating_file_sink(const filename_t &base_filename, const filename_t &extension,
-                       std::size_t max_size, std::size_t max_files,
-                       bool force_flush = false) :
+                       std::size_t max_size, std::size_t max_files                       ) :
         _base_filename(base_filename),
         _extension(extension),
         _max_size(max_size),
         _max_files(max_files),
         _current_size(0),
-        _file_helper(force_flush)
+        _file_helper()
     {
         _file_helper.open(calc_filename(_base_filename, 0, _extension));
         _current_size = _file_helper.size(); //expensive. called only once
@@ -143,11 +139,11 @@ typedef rotating_file_sink<std::mutex> rotating_file_sink_mt;
 typedef rotating_file_sink<details::null_mutex>rotating_file_sink_st;
 
 /*
-* Default generator of daily log file names.
-*/
+ * Default generator of daily log file names.
+ */
 struct default_daily_file_name_calculator
 {
-    //Create filename for the form basename.YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm.extension
+    // Create filename for the form basename.YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm.extension
     static filename_t calc_filename(const filename_t& basename, const filename_t& extension)
     {
         std::tm tm = spdlog::details::os::localtime();
@@ -158,11 +154,11 @@ struct default_daily_file_name_calculator
 };
 
 /*
-* Generator of daily log file names in format basename.YYYY-MM-DD.extension
-*/
+ * Generator of daily log file names in format basename.YYYY-MM-DD.extension
+ */
 struct dateonly_daily_file_name_calculator
 {
-    //Create filename for the form basename.YYYY-MM-DD.extension
+    // Create filename for the form basename.YYYY-MM-DD.extension
     static filename_t calc_filename(const filename_t& basename, const filename_t& extension)
     {
         std::tm tm = spdlog::details::os::localtime();
@@ -173,8 +169,8 @@ struct dateonly_daily_file_name_calculator
 };
 
 /*
-* Rotating file sink based on date. rotates at midnight
-*/
+ * Rotating file sink based on date. rotates at midnight
+ */
 template<class Mutex, class FileNameCalc = default_daily_file_name_calculator>
 class daily_file_sink :public base_sink < Mutex >
 {
@@ -184,12 +180,10 @@ public:
         const filename_t& base_filename,
         const filename_t& extension,
         int rotation_hour,
-        int rotation_minute,
-        bool force_flush = false) : _base_filename(base_filename),
+        int rotation_minute) : _base_filename(base_filename),
         _extension(extension),
         _rotation_h(rotation_hour),
-        _rotation_m(rotation_minute),
-        _file_helper(force_flush)
+        _rotation_m(rotation_minute)        
     {
         if (rotation_hour < 0 || rotation_hour > 23 || rotation_minute < 0 || rotation_minute > 59)
             throw spdlog_ex("daily_file_sink: Invalid rotation time in ctor");

tests/errors.cpp

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ TEST_CASE("custom_error_handler", "[errors]]")
     prepare_logdir();
     std::string filename = "logs/simple_log.txt";
     auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("logger", filename, true);
+	logger->flush_on(spdlog::level::info);
     logger->set_error_handler([=](const std::string& msg)
     {
         throw custom_ex();

tests/file_helper.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static void write_with_helper(file_helper &helper, size_t howmany)
     log_msg msg;
     msg.formatted << std::string(howmany, '1');
     helper.write(msg);
+	helper.flush();
 }
 
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ TEST_CASE("file_helper_filename", "[file_helper::filename()]]")
 {
     prepare_logdir();
 
-    file_helper helper(false);
+    file_helper helper;
     helper.open(target_filename);
     REQUIRE(helper.filename() == target_filename);
 }
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ TEST_CASE("file_helper_size", "[file_helper::size()]]")
     prepare_logdir();
     size_t expected_size = 123;
     {
-        file_helper helper(true);
+        file_helper helper;
         helper.open(target_filename);
         write_with_helper(helper, expected_size);
         REQUIRE(static_cast<size_t>(helper.size()) == expected_size);
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ TEST_CASE("file_helper_exists", "[file_helper::file_exists()]]")
 {
     prepare_logdir();
     REQUIRE(!file_helper::file_exists(target_filename));
-    file_helper helper(false);
+	file_helper helper;
     helper.open(target_filename);
     REQUIRE(file_helper::file_exists(target_filename));
 }
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ TEST_CASE("file_helper_exists", "[file_helper::file_exists()]]")
 TEST_CASE("file_helper_reopen", "[file_helper::reopen()]]")
 {
     prepare_logdir();
-    file_helper helper(true);
+    file_helper helper;
     helper.open(target_filename);
     write_with_helper(helper, 12);
     REQUIRE(helper.size() == 12);
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ TEST_CASE("file_helper_reopen2", "[file_helper::reopen(false)]]")
 {
     prepare_logdir();
     size_t expected_size = 14;
-    file_helper helper(true);
+	file_helper helper;
     helper.open(target_filename);
     write_with_helper(helper, expected_size);
     REQUIRE(helper.size() == expected_size);

tests/file_log.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,26 @@ TEST_CASE("simple_file_logger", "[simple_logger]]")
     logger->flush();
     REQUIRE(file_contents(filename) == std::string("Test message 1\nTest message 2\n"));
     REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 2);
+}
+
 
+TEST_CASE("flush_on", "[flush_on]]")
+{
+	prepare_logdir();
+	std::string filename = "logs/simple_log.txt";
+
+	auto logger = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>("logger", filename);
+	logger->set_pattern("%v");
+	logger->set_level(spdlog::level::trace);
+	logger->flush_on(spdlog::level::info);
+	logger->trace("Should not be flushed");
+	REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 0);
+
+	logger->info("Test message {}", 1);
+	logger->info("Test message {}", 2);
+	logger->flush();
+	REQUIRE(file_contents(filename) == std::string("Should not be flushed\nTest message 1\nTest message 2\n"));
+	REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 3);
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger1", "[rotating_logger]]")
@@ -26,15 +45,13 @@ TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger1", "[rotating_logger]]")
     prepare_logdir();
     std::string basename = "logs/rotating_log";
     auto logger = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("logger", basename, 1024, 0);
-    logger->flush_on(spdlog::level::info);
+    
     for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
         logger->info("Test message {}", i);
 
+	logger->flush();
     auto filename = basename + ".txt";
     REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 10);
-    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
-        logger->info("Test message {}", i);
-
 }
 
 
@@ -61,7 +78,6 @@ TEST_CASE("rotating_file_logger2", "[rotating_logger]]")
 
 TEST_CASE("daily_logger", "[daily_logger]]")
 {
-
     prepare_logdir();
     //calculate filename (time based)
     std::string basename = "logs/daily_log";
@@ -92,10 +108,10 @@ TEST_CASE("daily_logger with dateonly calculator", "[daily_logger_dateonly]]")
     fmt::MemoryWriter w;
     w.write("{}_{:04d}-{:02d}-{:02d}.txt", basename, tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday);
 
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<sink_type>("logger", basename, "txt", 0, 0, true);
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<sink_type>("logger", basename, "txt", 0, 0);
     for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
         logger->info("Test message {}", i);
-
+	logger->flush();
     auto filename = w.str();
     REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 10);
 }
@@ -124,11 +140,12 @@ TEST_CASE("daily_logger with custom calculator", "[daily_logger_custom]]")
     fmt::MemoryWriter w;
     w.write("{}{:04d}{:02d}{:02d}.txt", basename, tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday);
 
-    auto logger = spdlog::create<sink_type>("logger", basename, "txt", 0, 0, true);
+    auto logger = spdlog::create<sink_type>("logger", basename, "txt", 0, 0);
     for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
         logger->info("Test message {}", i);
 
-    auto filename = w.str();
+	logger->flush();
+    auto filename = w.str();	
     REQUIRE(count_lines(filename) == 10);
 }