Question

I was looking to implement an api like printf for my logging. It should be similar to calling printf.
For example:

persistent_log(LogType0, "This is buffered writing %d", i);

I looked into variable argument stuff , but it seems I need to know the number & type of arguments there. so I need more help in that regard.

Answer 1

Here’s an excerpt from a past project that I found to work well for me. Some initialization steps are of course missing. The key here is the vfprintf function which will handle the details of printing the various arguments.

void _proxy_log(log_level_t level, const char *fmt, ...)
    __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));

#define proxy_log(level, fmt, ...) _proxy_log(level, fmt"\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)

void _proxy_log(log_level_t level, const char *fmt, ...) {
    va_list arg;
    FILE *log_file = (level == LOG_ERROR) ? err_log : info_log;

    /* Check if the message should be logged */
    if (level > log_level)
        return;

    /* Write the error message */
    va_start(arg, fmt);
    vfprintf(log_file, fmt, arg);
    va_end(arg);

#ifdef DEBUG
    fflush(log_file);
    fsync(fileno(log_file));
#endif
}