i shall my two cents to this, do read the article on onlamp.com and go though the source code as well. i just had to do the same this morning to refresh my log4j skills.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Van Riper, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 12:37 PM Subject: RE: Pls help me in configuring common logger > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sougata [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:15 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Pls help me in configuring common logger > > > > > > Hi Guys > > I am facing a problem in configuration apaches common logger using > > weblogic8.1.I want to send all my log message to a perticular > > file.I am > > using Common logger for my logging message.How to configure > > Pls let me know > > The simple logger that is included in the commons logging package doesn't > support logging to a file, just to the console. You need to understand that > it is primarily intended to provide the common logging API (the simple > logger is included just to get you started) and then you configure it to use > whatever logging facility under the covers that you want to. Most people use > log4j, but, you could also use the native logging support in JDK 1.4 or > greater. > > I recommend configuring to use log4j. I also recommend taking the time to > read the short intro manual to log4j found here: > > http://tinyurl.com/3hlrq > > I recently posted the contents of a simple log4j configuration file that > does have an example of the necessary configuration to write log messages > both to the console and to file. Check the list archives for a recent post > on logging by me. I use this setup with Tomcat and Weblogic. The one > configuration difference I found is that Weblogic doesn't like relative file > paths for location of log files and Tomcat handles that just fine. > > Good luck, Van > > Mike "Van" Riper > Silicon Valley Struts User Group > http://www.baychi.org/bof/struts/ > > P.S. You can either remove the commons logging properties file or explicitly > configure it to use log4j. As long as you setup log4j properly in your > runtime environment, the commons logging logic will use it by default unless > you have a commons logging properties file that explicitly specifies a > different logger implementation. > > > Thanks > > Sougata > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
