So my assumption is correct that append isn't
currently doing a whole bunch for the HTMLLayout. If I
get some time I will try and write a patch then submit
it to the bug fix database.

-Bryan

--- Mark Womack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If append is set to true, and the file exists, then
> don't write the headers.
> If append is set to true and file does not exist,
> then write the headers.
> If append is false, always write the headers.  Maybe
> it should be smart
> enough to handle the ending body tag as well (write
> it when the appender is
> closed, remove it when reopened with append).
> 
> Create a patch and submit it as a bug fix (via the
> apache bug database).  It
> sounds useful to me.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bryan hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 9:23 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RollingFileAppender with HTMLLayout
> question
> > 
> > 
> > I am using a RollingFileAppender with an
> HTMLLayout in
> > a Java/Swing application that logs just fine, but
> when
> > they stop and start the application it duplicates
> all
> > the HTML headers. It never closes off the
> exisiting
> > body tags in the HTML. It would seem to me that
> with
> > the append set to true that it would see if the
> file
> > exists and just write the messages to the file,
> but
> > instead it inserts all new header information?
> Does
> > this seem right? I wouldn't expect that this would
> be
> > the desired functionality in any situation web
> > application or standalone.
> > 
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