1. Formatted in the same way as Rails.logger
2. At the same log level as Rails.logger

logger = RailsCronLogger::Logger.new
logger.info "info"
logger.debug "debug"

You can optionally supply a :logdev parameter to send the logs somewhere else, while keeping the formatting and log level of Rails.

logger = RailsCronLogger::Logger.new(:logdev => '/some/log/path.log')

:logdev is the same type of argument as can be passed to the normal Ruby Logger

Note: In the test environment logs are sent to the normal Rails log device by default to avoid mixing log messages with test output.

You probably also want to set $stdout.sync = true in your crontab.

See http://coderrr.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/automatically-flushing-redirected-or-piped-stdout/

Example:

1 * * * * rails runner '$stdout.sync = true; <your code here>'

Setting $stdout.sync = true in this gem seems a bit overreaching, but for convenience if you pass :sync => true to Logger.new then rails-cron-logger will perform this step for you.

Example:

logger = RailsCronLogger::Logger.new(:sync => true)