How to change Rails 3.0's default log path?

Question

I have to change my rail application\'s default log path because of my company\'s internal software deployment process: basically my rails app ends up on a read-only location, a

Answer 1

You just need define your logger

config.logger = ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger.new(File.join(ENV['SOME_ENVIRONMENT_VAR'], "var/output/logs/rails.log"))

This trick works with Rails 2 too. And you can define by environment where you really want your log file.