How do I create error logs in a SDL Wii program?

Alright, so sorry about asking another question when my first one hasn't even been answered yet, but I think this one can help with that one. Anyway, I was wondering how I would go about creating a error log for my program.

I tried:

printf("error");

and nothing came on the screen or showed up in any log files. I know that printf displays to consoles, but I thought maybe it was overwritten to be more useful in Wii SDL.

Next I tried:

fprintf(stderr, "error!);

Once again I got no on screen text or error logs. I assumed that the std part of stderr was for stdio, but I guess not?

Anyway how can I create error logs in my SDL Wii program?

Once GX is initialized, you can't output text to the console via printf() anymore. For many of my projects, we have used dhewg's log console ( [code.google.com] and [code.google.com] ) to print debug information to the screen. Alternatively, you can print debug information to your SD Card or a USB Gecko (the latter device is the preferred choice for most developers).



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2010 10:46PM by Arikado.

Well, thank you for your helpful reply, but I managed to figure it out. All you need to do is:

FILE * errorlog = fopen("sd:\errorlog.txt","w");
fprintf(errorlog,"error!");

Edit: lol, I guess I should have read the reply more carefully. I'll have to check the debug console out as on-screen debug info is way better than a log. ^_^



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2010 09:04PM by Cypri.