G_LOG_DOMAIN

#define G_LOG_DOMAIN    ((gchar*) 0)

Defines the log domain.

For applications, this is typically left as the default NULL (or "") domain. Libraries should define this so that any messages which they log can be differentiated from messages from other libraries and application code. But be careful not to define it in any public header files.

For example, GTK+ uses this in its Makefile.am:

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INCLUDES = -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"Gtk\"

G_LOG_FATAL_MASK

#define G_LOG_FATAL_MASK        (G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION | G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR)

GLib log levels that are considered fatal by default.

G_LOG_LEVEL_USER_SHIFT

#define G_LOG_LEVEL_USER_SHIFT  (8)

Log levels below 1<<G_LOG_LEVEL_USER_SHIFT are used by GLib. Higher bits can be used for user-defined log levels.

GLogFunc ()

void
(*GLogFunc) (const gchar *log_domain,
             GLogLevelFlags log_level,
             const gchar *message,
             gpointer user_data);

Specifies the prototype of log handler functions.

The default log handler, g_log_default_handler(), automatically appends a new-line character to message when printing it. It is advised that any custom log handler functions behave similarly, so that logging calls in user code do not need modifying to add a new-line character to the message if the log handler is changed.

g_log ()

void
g_log (const gchar *log_domain,
       GLogLevelFlags log_level,
       const gchar *format,
       ...);

Logs an error or debugging message.

If the log level has been set as fatal, the abort() function is called to terminate the program.

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

g_logv ()

void
g_logv (const gchar *log_domain,
        GLogLevelFlags log_level,
        const gchar *format,
        va_list args);

Logs an error or debugging message.

If the log level has been set as fatal, the abort() function is called to terminate the program.

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

g_message()

#define             g_message(...)

A convenience function/macro to log a normal message.

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

g_warning()

#define             g_warning(...)

A convenience function/macro to log a warning message.

You can make warnings fatal at runtime by setting the G_DEBUG environment variable (see Running GLib Applications).

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a newline character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

g_critical()

#define             g_critical(...)

Logs a "critical warning" (G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL). It's more or less application-defined what constitutes a critical vs. a regular warning. You could call g_log_set_always_fatal() to make critical warnings exit the program, then use g_critical() for fatal errors, for example.

You can also make critical warnings fatal at runtime by setting the G_DEBUG environment variable (see Running GLib Applications).

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

g_error()

#define             g_error(...)

A convenience function/macro to log an error message.

Error messages are always fatal, resulting in a call to abort() to terminate the application. This function will result in a core dump; don't use it for errors you expect. Using this function indicates a bug in your program, i.e. an assertion failure.

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

g_info()

#define             g_info(...)

A convenience function/macro to log an informational message. Seldom used.

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

Such messages are suppressed by the g_log_default_handler() unless the G_MESSAGES_DEBUG environment variable is set appropriately.

Since 2.40

g_debug()

#define             g_debug(...)

A convenience function/macro to log a debug message.

If g_log_default_handler() is used as the log handler function, a new-line character will automatically be appended to @..., and need not be entered manually.

Such messages are suppressed by the g_log_default_handler() unless the G_MESSAGES_DEBUG environment variable is set appropriately.

Since 2.6

g_log_set_handler ()

guint
g_log_set_handler (const gchar *log_domain,
                   GLogLevelFlags log_levels,
                   GLogFunc log_func,
                   gpointer user_data);

Sets the log handler for a domain and a set of log levels. To handle fatal and recursive messages the log_levels parameter must be combined with the G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL and G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION bit flags.

Note that since the G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR log level is always fatal, if you want to set a handler for this log level you must combine it with G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL.

Here is an example for adding a log handler for all warning messages in the default domain:

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g_log_set_handler (NULL, G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING | G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL
                   | G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION, my_log_handler, NULL);

This example adds a log handler for all critical messages from GTK+:

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g_log_set_handler ("Gtk", G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL | G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL
                   | G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION, my_log_handler, NULL);

This example adds a log handler for all messages from GLib:

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g_log_set_handler ("GLib", G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK | G_LOG_FLAG_FATAL
                   | G_LOG_FLAG_RECURSION, my_log_handler, NULL);

g_log_remove_handler ()

void
g_log_remove_handler (const gchar *log_domain,
                      guint handler_id);

Removes the log handler.

g_log_set_always_fatal ()

GLogLevelFlags
g_log_set_always_fatal (GLogLevelFlags fatal_mask);

Sets the message levels which are always fatal, in any log domain. When a message with any of these levels is logged the program terminates. You can only set the levels defined by GLib to be fatal. G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR is always fatal.

You can also make some message levels fatal at runtime by setting the G_DEBUG environment variable (see Running GLib Applications).

g_log_set_fatal_mask ()

GLogLevelFlags
g_log_set_fatal_mask (const gchar *log_domain,
                      GLogLevelFlags fatal_mask);

Sets the log levels which are fatal in the given domain. G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR is always fatal.

g_log_default_handler ()

void
g_log_default_handler (const gchar *log_domain,
                       GLogLevelFlags log_level,
                       const gchar *message,
                       gpointer unused_data);

The default log handler set up by GLib; g_log_set_default_handler() allows to install an alternate default log handler. This is used if no log handler has been set for the particular log domain and log level combination. It outputs the message to stderr or stdout and if the log level is fatal it calls abort(). It automatically prints a new-line character after the message, so one does not need to be manually included in message .

The behavior of this log handler can be influenced by a number of environment variables:

stderr is used for levels G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, G_LOG_LEVEL_CRITICAL, G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING and G_LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE. stdout is used for the rest.

g_log_set_default_handler ()

GLogFunc
g_log_set_default_handler (GLogFunc log_func,
                           gpointer user_data);

Installs a default log handler which is used if no log handler has been set for the particular log domain and log level combination. By default, GLib uses g_log_default_handler() as default log handler.

Since 2.6

enum GLogLevelFlags

Flags specifying the level of log messages.

It is possible to change how GLib treats messages of the various levels using g_log_set_handler() and g_log_set_fatal_mask().