Dave Cramer wrote:
> Is there anything out there that is written simply ? By this I mean I
> don't want to have to install a framework or a jvm or any large
> dependencies. Ideally this would be written in bash or the like.

You could use the sqlite. Running something like:

#!/bin/sh
sqlite3 log.db 'INSERT INFO log (message) VALUES ($MESSAGE);'

in a table setup like this:

CREATE TABLE log (
        id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
        timestamp DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
        message TEXT
);