The file logger supports a time prefix using a strftime() format specifier

src/libcharon/bus/listeners/file_logger.c

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "file_logger.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ struct private_file_logger_t {
 	 * Maximum level to log, for each group
 	 */
 	level_t levels[DBG_MAX];
+
+	/**
+	 * strftime() format of time prefix, if any
+	 */
+	char *time_format;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -50,8 +56,17 @@ static bool log_(private_file_logger_t *this, debug_t group, level_t level,
 {
 	if (level <= this->levels[group])
 	{
-		char buffer[8192];
+		char buffer[8192], timestr[128];
 		char *current = buffer, *next;
+		struct tm tm;
+		time_t t;
+
+		if (this->time_format)
+		{
+			t = time(NULL);
+			localtime_r(&t, &tm);
+			strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), this->time_format, &tm);
+		}
 
 		/* write in memory buffer first */
 		vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, args);
@@ -64,8 +79,16 @@ static bool log_(private_file_logger_t *this, debug_t group, level_t level,
 			{
 				*(next++) = '\0';
 			}
-			fprintf(this->out, "%.2d[%N] %s\n",
-					thread, debug_names, group, current);
+			if (this->time_format)
+			{
+				fprintf(this->out, "%s %.2d[%N] %s\n",
+						timestr, thread, debug_names, group, current);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				fprintf(this->out, "%.2d[%N] %s\n",
+						thread, debug_names, group, current);
+			}
 			current = next;
 		}
 	}
@@ -106,7 +129,7 @@ static void destroy(private_file_logger_t *this)
 /*
  * Described in header.
  */
-file_logger_t *file_logger_create(FILE *out)
+file_logger_t *file_logger_create(FILE *out, char *time_format)
 {
 	private_file_logger_t *this = malloc_thing(private_file_logger_t);
 
@@ -118,6 +141,7 @@ file_logger_t *file_logger_create(FILE *out)
 
 	/* private variables */
 	this->out = out;
+	this->time_format = time_format;
 	set_level(this, DBG_ANY, LEVEL_SILENT);
 
 	return &this->public;

src/libcharon/bus/listeners/file_logger.h

@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ struct file_logger_t {
 /**
  * Constructor to create a file_logger_t object.
  *
- * @param out		FILE to write to
- * @return			file_logger_t object
+ * @param out			FILE to write to
+ * @param time_format	format of timestamp prefix, as in strftime()
+ * @return				file_logger_t object
  */
-file_logger_t *file_logger_create(FILE *out);
+file_logger_t *file_logger_create(FILE *out, char *time_format);
 
 #endif /** FILE_LOGGER_H_ @}*/

src/libcharon/daemon.c

@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ static void initialize_loggers(private_daemon_t *this, bool use_stderr,
 				setlinebuf(file);
 			}
 		}
-		file_logger = file_logger_create(file);
+		file_logger = file_logger_create(file,
+						lib->settings->get_str(lib->settings,
+							"charon.filelog.%s.time_format", NULL, filename));
 		def = lib->settings->get_int(lib->settings,
 									 "charon.filelog.%s.default", 1, filename);
 		for (group = 0; group < DBG_MAX; group++)
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ static void initialize_loggers(private_daemon_t *this, bool use_stderr,
 	if (!loggers_defined)
 	{
 		/* set up default stdout file_logger */
-		file_logger = file_logger_create(stdout);
+		file_logger = file_logger_create(stdout, NULL);
 		this->public.bus->add_listener(this->public.bus, &file_logger->listener);
 		this->public.file_loggers->insert_last(this->public.file_loggers,
 											   file_logger);