Write to log file instead of STDOUT

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 *.exe
-*.lnk
+*.lnk
+*.txt
+*.vbs

README.md

@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@
 VPlanClient watches a folder and uploads every new/edited file to a webserver
 
 ## Installing
+
 (Assuming you already have a working go directory)
 `go get github.com/mpggu/vplanclient`
 
+## Building
+
+`go build VPlanClient.go`
+
 ## Usage
+
 `./VPlanClient -url="http://foo.bar" -folder="~/vplan" -auth="XXX_secret"`
 
 

VPlanClient.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 )
@@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ func main() {
 	var folder = flag.String("folder", "", "The folder to watch")
 	var auth = flag.String("auth", "", "The authentication secret")
 
+	// Log to file
+	f, err := os.OpenFile("logs.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("error opening log file")
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	log.SetOutput(f)
+
 	flag.Parse()
 	log.Println(*url, *folder)
 	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
@@ -94,5 +103,7 @@ func postVPlan(url, data, auth string) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	log.Println("Neuer Vertretungsplan hochgeladen")
+
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 }