[asterisk-users] How to log into separate file

[Pham Quy]

On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 21:37 -0700, Steve Edwards wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Pham Quy wrote:
> 
> > I want to have a separate file to log what i need for my dialplan 
> > without all output from Asterisk. By this way, i can easily to trace 
> > problems caused by my dialplan.
> 
> You can control how much and where Asterisk logs by fiddling with 
> logger.conf. Personally, I like logging through syslog so I can configure 
> all of my Asterisk hosts to send all of their logging to a central log 
> host. I also use syslog() in my AGIs so everything is in the same place.
> 
> For production, I use:
> 
>          syslog.local0                   = error
> 
> When I'm debugging something, I'll crank up the volume like:
> 
>          syslog.local0                   = debug,dtmf,error,event,info,\
> notice,verbose,warning
> 
> If this doesn't give you the level of logging you need, you could always 
> call an AGI or do something really ugly like:
> 
>          exten = *,n,                    system(logger -t foo mumble)


Thanks, 

I have another question. Does Asterisk support to define new logging
level?

Thanks in advance,
Quyps