OS X equivalent to OutputDebugString()?

Question

I\'m examining the feasibility of porting an existing Windows MFC control to OS X/Carbon. My test bed is a C++ Carbon application generated using the XCode 3 Wizard.

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Answer 1

You might want to look into syslog since it is the de facto diagnostic method on UNIX-based systems. Something like:

#include 

/* Do this early on in your program like at the beginning of main() */
openlog("MYPROGRAM", 0, LOG_USER);

/* Use this to log something */
syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "%s %s", "Hello", "World");

/* Do this somewhere before you exit if you being are pedantic */
closelog();

Google syslog for more information. You will also have to twiddle some bits in syslog.conf to direct the output to a log or console. Then you can view the output in a terminal window or using the Console application.