simple cpp file logger

this is a simple cpp file logger implementation, which is copied from making log file - C++ Forum
https://cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/168442/

//////// header log.h ///////////
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
 
namespace log
{
    extern const std::string path ;
    extern std::ofstream out ;
    void flush() ;
}
 
//////// implementation log.cpp ///////////
// #include "log.h"
#include <ctime>
 
namespace log
{
    void flush() { out.flush() ; }
 
    namespace // detail
    {
        std::string time_stamp()
        {
            const auto now = std::time(nullptr) ;
            char cstr[256] {};
            return std::strftime( cstr, sizeof(cstr), "%Y%m%d_%H%M%S", std::localtime(&now) ) ? cstr : "" ;
        }
 
        std::string path_to_session_log_file()
        {
            static const std::string log_dir = "/tmp/log/" ;
            static const std::string log_file_name = "log.txt" ;
            return log_dir + time_stamp() + '_' + log_file_name ;
        }
    }
 
   const std::string path = path_to_session_log_file() ;
   std::ofstream out = std::ofstream( path );
}
 
//////////// usage main.cpp ///////////////
// #include "log.h"
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << "path: " << log::path << '\n' ;
    log::out << "this is a test\n" ;
    log::out << "this is another test\n" ;
    log::flush() ;
    std::cout << "\n--------------------\n" << std::ifstream( log::path ).rdbuf() ;
    
    log::out << "this is the third test\n" ;
    log::flush() ;
    std::cout << "\n--------------------\n" << std::ifstream( log::path ).rdbuf() ;
}