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Write log content into text file using freopen not working with Swift


I want to write every print() content into a text file in Swift 3.0. It was working fine in Objective-C but not worked in Swift 3.0. I am using the code as below,

    func redirectLogToDocuments() {

    let docDirectory: NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(FileManager.SearchPathDirectory.documentDirectory, FileManager.SearchPathDomainMask.userDomainMask, true)[0] as NSString
    let logpath = docDirectory.appendingPathComponent("Logfile.txt")

    freopen(logpath.cString(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!, "a+", stdin)
    freopen(logpath.cString(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!, "a+", stdout)
    freopen(logpath.cString(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!, "a+", stderr)                
}

Please help me.


Solution

  •  func redirectLogToDocuments() {
        let allPaths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true)
        let documentsDirectory = allPaths.first!
        let pathStringComponent = "/" + LoggingConstants.LogFileName + "." + LoggingConstants.LogFileType
        let pathForLog = (documentsDirectory as NSString).appending(pathStringComponent)
        freopen(pathForLog.cString(using: String.Encoding.ascii)!, "a+", stderr)
    }
    

    Use the above method in didFinishLaunching() and after that use NSLog() statements instead of print() and you will get what you want.