makeSimpleFileLogger: Simple logger which outputs to a file.
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makeSimpleFileLogger

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Simple logger which outputs to a file.

Creates a simple file logger closure to log to a file, including time stamps. An optional buffer holds the last few log messages.

makeSimpleFileLogger(logfile, touch = FALSE, keep = 10L)

`logfile`	[`character(1)`] File to log to.
`touch`	[`logical(1)`] Should the file be created before the first log message? Default is `FALSE`.
`keep`	[`integer(1)`] Number of log messages to keep in memory for quick access. Default is `10`.

[SimpleFileLogger]. A list with following functions:

`log [function(msg)]`	Send log message.
`getMessages [function(n)]`	Get last `n` log messages.
`clear [function()]`	Resets logger and deletes log file.
`getSize [function()]`	Returns the number of logs written.
`getLogfile [function()]`	Returns the full file name logs are written to.