library(futile.logger) logfile <- "/tmp/Logging.log" signal <- "/tmp/signal" file.create(signal) flog.appender(appender.file(logfile)) flog.info("Message 1.") flog.info("Message 2.") flog.info("Message 3.") for (i in 4:25) { Sys.sleep(1) flog.info(sprintf("Message %d",i)) } unlink(signal)