Hi Ken, Using an XML configurator, set the threshold on the console appender to info, so it won't show package abc's debug logging. Add the console appender to the root logger. Create a rolling file appender, but don't add it to the root. Instead, add it to the definition of the abc logger
Details below. Good luck, Andy <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> <!-- Set up CONSOLE so it does not show debug statements --> <param name="Threshold" value="INFO" /> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%c{1} - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> <appender name="RFA" class="org.apache.log4j.rolling.RollingFileAppender"> <rollingPolicy class="org.apache.log4j.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy"> <param name="activeFileName" value="logs/yourapp_${PID}.log"/> <param name="fileNamePattern" value="logs/yourapp_${PID}.log.%i"/> <param name="minIndex" value="0"/> <param name="maxIndex" value="5"/> </rollingPolicy> <triggeringPolicy class="org.apache.log4j.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy"> <param name="MaxFileSize" value="10MB"/> </triggeringPolicy> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %c - %m%n"/> </layout> <param name="file" value="logs/yourapp_${PID}.log"/> <param name="append" value="false"/> </appender> <root> <level value="info"/> <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/> </root> <logger name="abc"> <level value="debug"/> <appender-ref ref="RFA"/> </logger> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Ken Sheldon <kshel...@slb.com> wrote: I am experiencing some trouble getting a logging configuration to behave as I want. I want to log all messages with INFO severity or higher from any logger to a console appender. And I want to log all messages from a particular package (abc) with DEBUG severity or higher to a (rolling) file appender. Can this be done?