You can’t atomically swap an appender. If you remove it and then add a new one with the same name you will lose log events targeted at the appender while it is removed. You could add a new appender with a different name and then modify all the loggers using the old one to use the new one, but Log4j won’t do that for you.
What problem are you trying to solve? Log4j might already have a different way of supporting it. Ralph > On Aug 21, 2019, at 10:44 AM, Fred Eisele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could construct a new appender and swap it for the old one? > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:39 AM Ralph Goers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> No. The file name is immutable. >> >> Ralph >> >>> On Aug 21, 2019, at 6:22 AM, Fred Eisele <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Given a RollingFileAppender is it possible to >> dyanamically/programmatically >>> change its fileName? >>> >>> <RollingFile name="X_PLUGIN_FILE" >>> fileName="x.log}" >>> filePattern="x_%i.log}" >>> ignoreExceptions="false"> >>> <PatternLayout pattern="#linux %file:%method:%line - %msg%n" >> /> >>> <OnDemandTriggeringPolicy /> >>> </RollingFile> >>> >>> I need to be able to change the log file from my running application >> plugin. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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]
