boost.log auto_flush files are not stored when app is crashed - boost

Question

Recently I started to play with boost.log, and bumped into an issue that if an unhanded exception is thrown no log messages are written to the log file. I am using rolling text files and auto-flash option is set on.
Here is the modified source from the samples:
#include <stdexcept>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <boost/ref.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time_types.hpp>
#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
#include <boost/thread/barrier.hpp>
#include <boost/log/common.hpp>
#include <boost/log/filters.hpp>
#include <boost/log/formatters.hpp>
#include <boost/log/attributes.hpp>
#include <boost/log/sinks.hpp>
#include <boost/log/utility/empty_deleter.hpp>
#include <boost/log/utility/record_ordering.hpp>
namespace logging = boost::log;
namespace attrs = boost::log::attributes;
namespace src = boost::log::sources;
namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks;
namespace fmt = boost::log::formatters;
namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
using boost::shared_ptr;
using namespace boost::gregorian;
enum
{
LOG_RECORDS_TO_WRITE = 100,
LOG_RECORDS_TO_WRITE_BEFORE_EXCEPTION = 10,
THREAD_COUNT = 10
};
BOOST_LOG_DECLARE_GLOBAL_LOGGER(test_lg, src::logger_mt)
//! This function is executed in multiple threads
void thread_fun(boost::barrier& bar)
{
// Wait until all threads are created
bar.wait();
// Here we go. First, identify the thread.
BOOST_LOG_SCOPED_THREAD_TAG("ThreadID", boost::thread::id, boost::this_thread::get_id());
// Now, do some logging
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < LOG_RECORDS_TO_WRITE; ++i)
{
BOOST_LOG(get_test_lg()) << "Log record " << i;
if(i > LOG_RECORDS_TO_WRITE_BEFORE_EXCEPTION)
{
BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::exception("unhandled exception"));
}
}
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
try
{
typedef sinks::synchronous_sink< sinks::text_file_backend > file_sink;
shared_ptr< file_sink > sink(new file_sink(
keywords::file_name = L"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%5N.log", // file name pattern
keywords::rotation_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024, // rotation size, in characters
keywords::auto_flush = true // make each log record flushed to the file
));
// Set up where the rotated files will be stored
sink->locked_backend()->set_file_collector(sinks::file::make_collector(
keywords::target = "log" // where to store rotated files
));
// Upon restart, scan the target directory for files matching the file_name pattern
sink->locked_backend()->scan_for_files();
sink->locked_backend()->set_formatter(
fmt::format("%1%: [%2%] [%3%] - %4%")
% fmt::attr< unsigned int >("Line #")
% fmt::date_time< boost::posix_time::ptime >("TimeStamp")
% fmt::attr< boost::thread::id >("ThreadID")
% fmt::message()
);
// Add it to the core
logging::core::get()->add_sink(sink);
// Add some attributes too
shared_ptr< logging::attribute > attr(new attrs::local_clock);
logging::core::get()->add_global_attribute("TimeStamp", attr);
attr.reset(new attrs::counter< unsigned int >);
logging::core::get()->add_global_attribute("Line #", attr);
// Create logging threads
boost::barrier bar(THREAD_COUNT);
boost::thread_group threads;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; ++i)
threads.create_thread(boost::bind(&thread_fun, boost::ref(bar)));
// Wait until all action ends
threads.join_all();
return 0;
}
catch (std::exception& e)
{
std::cout << "FAILURE: " << e.what() << std::endl;
return 1;
}
}
Source is compiled under Visual Studio 2008. boost.log compiled for boost 1.40.
Any help is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Check to see if the log file is in the current working directory of the process, rather than the specified file collector target directory ("log" in your sample code). Additionally, you will probably want to specify a directory for the sink "file_name" pattern.
As "JQ" notes, don't expect to see any logging post-exception.