At 11:18 30.08.2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, Ceki: > >We set up appenders using static config. file thru PropertyConfigurator. >This configuration is done thru MyLog class. Currently, we have only about >a few appenders. My follow up questions should be:
How many times do you call PropertyConfigurator? >(1) If we don't close those appenders after each Event, what should we do? >leave them open for the following events? Of course. >(2) If we leave those appenders open, at the IO level, when do we close >java.io.Writer, say if it is a file appender. You should close them when you exit the application by calling LogManager.shutdown() >Thanks very much > >- Tony > > > > > > > Ceki > Gülcü > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Log4J Users > List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > > 08/30/2002 10:05 Subject: Re: UNIX file > handler problem used up on log4j log files > AM > > Please respond > to > > "Log4J > Users > > List" > > > > > > > > > > >That doesn't say anything about the way you attach appenders to loggers. >Or? > >At 09:36 30.08.2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >Thanks for the reply. Currently, that's how we do it, very simply: > > > > theLog = Category.getInstance(logName.toString()); > > > > if (..... ) { > > theLog.fatal(theMessage); > > > >} > > > > > > > > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Tony Yan (Bin) > > BHNSM/DOH/NYS > > Tel: 518-473-1809 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ceki > > Gülcü > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Log4J Users > > List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > > > 08/30/2002 09:28 Subject: Re: UNIX file > > handler problem used up on log4j log files > > AM > > > > Please respond > > to > > > > "Log4J > > Users > > > > List" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 08:52 30.08.2002 -0400, you wrote: > > >I have a problem with file handler in UNIX. It is related to log4j, but > >may > > >not caused by it. > > > > > >There are two web applications running, both using log4j. One is > > >Solaris/Weblogic and the other > > >Solaris/iPlanet. The WL one never had problem with file logging. But the > > >iPlanet always will have overflow file handler issue and eventually >after > > >days the UNIX file resources is used up and appl. get locked. > > > > > >I understand log4j is thread safe. I also checked the code of log4j. It > > >seems that the files (appenders) get opened and kept open until > > >specifically get reset() or close(). My question is that > > > > > >(a) Should we close the appenders each event is logged? Or we should > > >justleave them open. > > > >No, that would be excruciatingly slow. > > > > >(b) For the file hander of UNIX, for one file (appender) why would it >use > > >multiple handler for one file? why not use kind of pooling access to the > > >file. > > > >How do you configure the appenders? Do you dynamically create a large > >number of appenders without ever closing them? > > > > >Please clarify if I have any misunderstandins. > > > > > > > > >Tony Yan > > > >-- > >Ceki > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: < >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands, e-mail: < >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: < >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For additional commands, e-mail: < >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >-- >Ceki > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Ceki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>