How disable automatic logging in ruby

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I am using logger to log the values of the variables for debuging. Because automatic debugging logs it is diffcult to find values

How to slient automatic logging?

Have you considered using an actual debugger, such as the one described very thoroughly in the [Debugging Rails Applications](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html) Rails Guide? Like most debuggers it lets you pause execution wherever you want or watch the value of any variable. — Jordan Running, May 27 '12 at 05:30
I am facing chanllenges with watch http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10730578/aptana-3-and-ruby-debugging — Gainster, May 27 '12 at 06:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '12 at 05:27

You can't turn if off completely while still having your log messages go to the log, but there are a couple of solutions I can think of:

Set logging to a very high level (like :fatal), then log your messages at that level. There shouldn't be much noise in the log at that log level.
Prefix your log messages with a unique identifier, e.g. MYSTUFF, then grep for that when you're tailing the log: tail -f log/production.log | grep MYSTUFF. Doing it this way means you don't have to change your log configuration.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '12 at 05:29

You can configure Rails logger in config/application.rb. config.log_level defines the verbosity of the Rails logger. The available log levels are: :debug, :info, :warn, :error, :fatal.

Example:

config.log_level = :warn

Also read information about Logger: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/debugging_rails_applications.html#the-logger

How disable automatic logging in ruby

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