DebugTrace provides the facilities to dump debug output to either serial or a log file, and to turn it on/off as required. Now supports fully supports printf style logging and creates a running backup log. 03/01/2010 - Potential memory leak fixed.

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snatch59
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Sun Jan 03 11:51:51 2010 +0000
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/DebugTrace.cpp	Sun Jan 03 11:51:51 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+* DebugTrace. Allows dumping debug messages/values to serial or
+* to file.
+*
+* Copyright (C) <2009> Petras Saduikis <petras@petras.co.uk>
+*
+* This file is part of DebugTrace.
+*
+* DebugTrace is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+* 
+* DebugTrace is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with DebugTrace.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "DebugTrace.h"
+#include <mbed.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+Serial logSerial(USBTX, USBRX);
+LocalFileSystem local("local");
+
+const char* FILE_PATH = "/local/";
+const char* EXTN = ".bak";
+
+DebugTrace::DebugTrace(eLog on, eLogTarget mode, const char* fileName, int maxSize) :
+    enabled(on), logMode(mode), maxFileSize(maxSize), currentFileSize(0),
+    logFileStatus(0)
+{
+    // allocate memory for file name strings
+    int str_size = (strlen(fileName) + strlen(FILE_PATH) + strlen(EXTN) + 1) * sizeof(char); 
+    logFile = (char*)malloc(str_size);
+    logFileBackup = (char*)malloc(str_size);
+    
+    // add path to log file name
+    strcpy(logFile, FILE_PATH);
+    strcat(logFile, fileName);
+    
+    // create backup file name
+    strcpy(logFileBackup, logFile);
+    strcpy(logFileBackup, strtok(logFileBackup, "."));
+    strcat(logFileBackup, EXTN);
+}
+ 
+DebugTrace::~DebugTrace()
+{
+    // dust to dust, ashes to ashes
+    if (logFile != NULL) free(logFile);
+    if (logFileBackup != NULL) free(logFileBackup);
+}
+
+void DebugTrace::clear()
+{
+    // don't care about whether these fail
+    remove(logFile);    
+    remove(logFileBackup);
+}
+
+void DebugTrace::backupLog()
+{
+    // delete previous backup file
+    if (remove(logFileBackup))
+    {
+        // standard copy stuff
+        char ch;
+        FILE* to = fopen(logFileBackup, "wb");
+        if (NULL != to)
+        {
+            FILE* from = fopen(logFile, "rb");   
+            if (NULL != from)
+            {
+                while(!feof(from))
+                {
+                    ch = fgetc(from);
+                    if (ferror(from)) break;
+                    
+                    if(!feof(from)) fputc(ch, to);
+                    if (ferror(to)) break;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (NULL != from) fclose(from);
+            if (NULL != to) fclose(to);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // now delete the log file, so we are ready to start again
+    // even if backup creation failed - the show must go on!
+    logFileStatus = remove(logFile);
+}
+
+void DebugTrace::traceOut(const char* fmt, ...)
+{
+    if (enabled)
+    {
+        va_list ap;            // argument list pointer
+        va_start(ap, fmt);
+        
+        if (TO_SERIAL == logMode)
+        {
+            vfprintf(logSerial, fmt, ap);
+        }
+        else    // TO_FILE
+        {
+            if (0 == logFileStatus)    // otherwise we failed to remove a full log file
+            {
+                // Write data to file. Note the file size may go over limit
+                // as we check total size afterwards, using the size written to file.
+                // This is not a big issue, as this mechanism is only here
+                // to stop the file growing unchecked. Just remember log file sizes may
+                // be some what over (as apposed to some what under), so don't push it 
+                // with the max file size.
+                FILE* fp = fopen(logFile, "a");
+                if (NULL == fp)
+                {
+                    va_end(ap);
+                    return;
+                }
+                int size_written = vfprintf(fp, fmt, ap);
+                fclose(fp);
+                
+                // check if we are over the max file size
+                // if so backup file and start again
+                currentFileSize += size_written;
+                if (currentFileSize >= maxFileSize)
+                {
+                    backupLog();
+                    currentFileSize = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        va_end(ap);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/DebugTrace.h	Sun Jan 03 11:51:51 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+* DebugTrace. Allows dumping debug messages/values to serial or
+* to file.
+*
+* Copyright (C) <2009> Petras Saduikis <petras@petras.co.uk>
+*
+* This file is part of DebugTrace.
+*
+* DebugTrace is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+* 
+* DebugTrace is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with DebugTrace.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef SNATCH59_DEBUGTRACE_H
+#define SNATCH59_DEBUGTRACE_H
+
+enum eLog {OFF, ON};
+enum eLogTarget {TO_SERIAL, TO_FILE};
+
+class DebugTrace
+{
+public:
+    DebugTrace(eLog on, eLogTarget mode, const char* fileName = "log.txt", const int maxSize = 1024);
+    ~DebugTrace();
+    
+    void clear();
+    void traceOut(const char* fmt, ...);
+    
+private:
+    eLog enabled;
+    eLogTarget logMode;
+    int maxFileSize;
+    int currentFileSize;
+    char* logFile;
+    char* logFileBackup;
+    int logFileStatus;            // if things go wrong, don't write any more data to file
+    
+    void backupLog();
+};
+
+#endif
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/main.cpp	Sun Jan 03 11:51:51 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//////////////////////////////////////////////
+// DebugTrace demo.
+// The log file is written to /local/log.txt
+// by default, max size 1024 bytes.
+// When the log file is full, it is deleted
+// and started again.
+//////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "DebugTrace.h"
+#include <mbed.h>
+
+DebugTrace pc(ON, TO_SERIAL);
+DebugTrace file(ON, TO_FILE);    // i.e. file(ON, TO_FILE, "log.txt", 1024)
+
+int main() 
+{
+    int val = 122;
+    float fval = 1.414;
+    
+    file.clear();        // remove any log file from last time
+    
+    while(true) 
+    {
+        pc.traceOut("Test message\r\n");
+        pc.traceOut("%x \r\n", val);
+        pc.traceOut("%d \r\n", val);
+        pc.traceOut("%f \r\n", fval);
+        
+        file.traceOut("Test message\r\n");
+        file.traceOut("%x \r\n", val);
+        file.traceOut("%d \r\n", val);
+        file.traceOut("%f \r\n", fval);
+   
+        wait(2);
+    }
+}
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/mbed.bld	Sun Jan 03 11:51:51 2010 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+http://mbed.org/users/mbed_official/code/mbed/builds/49a220cc26e0