Merge pull request #119 from Sirupsen/add-writer-to-readme

add an entry about writer in README
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Simon Eskildsen 2015-02-03 15:19:37 -05:00
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@ -345,6 +345,24 @@ func (f *JSONFormatter) Format(entry *Entry) ([]byte, error) {
}
```
#### Logger as an `io.Writer`
Logrus can be transormed into an `io.Writer`. That writer is the end of an `io.Pipe` and it is your responsability to close it.
```go
w := logger.Writer()
defer w.Close()
srv := http.Server{
// create a stdlib log.Logger that writes to
// logrus.Logger.
ErrorLog: log.New(w, "", 0),
}
```
Each line written to that writer will be printed the usual way, using formatters
and hooks. The level for those entries is `info`.
#### Rotation
Log rotation is not provided with Logrus. Log rotation should be done by an