private Trace()
{
_writers = new List <TextWriter>();
try
{
string traceValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvironmentVariableKey);
// if the value is true or a number greater than zero, then trace to standard error
if (Configuration.PaserBoolean(traceValue))
{
_writers.Add(Console.Error);
}
// if the value is a rooted path, then trace to that file and not to the console
else if (Path.IsPathRooted(traceValue))
{
// open or create the log file
var stream = File.Open(traceValue, FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.ReadWrite);
// create the writer and add it to the list
var writer = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, 4096, true);
_writers.Add(writer);
}
}
catch { /* squelch */ }
}
