Appender::TestFileCreeper(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Appender::TestFileCreeper(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestFileCreeper - Intentionally slow test appender

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    use Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestFileCreeper;
    my $app = Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestFileCreeper->new(
      filename  => 'file.log',
      mode      => 'append',
    );
    $file->log(message => "Log me\n");
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is a test appender, and it is intentionally slow. It writes out one byte at a time to provoke sync errors. Don't use it, unless for testing.

# [LICENSE](#LICENSE)

Copyright 2002-2026 by Mike Schilli <m@perlmeister.com> and Kevin Goess <cpan@goess.org>.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

2026-08-17 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Log::Log4perl::Appender::TestFileCreeper(3pm) from perl-log-log4perl 1.58-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/mschilli/log4perl.git