I think using the additivity flag will avoid the log4j in opening both the files.
Swami > -----Original Message----- > From: J IK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: September 9, 2002 2:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: multiple categories same config file > > > Hi All: > > Following is my configuration file log4j.config: > > log4j.rootCategory=WARN, Log2Console > > log4j.appender.Log2Console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender > log4j.appender.Log2Console.Target=System.err > log4j.appender.Log2Console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.Log2Console.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{dd MMM > yyyy HH:mm:ss}]%c-%-5p: %m%n > > # Main component's properties > log4j.category.a=DEBUG, aa > log4j.category.b=DEBUG, bb > > # SyncServer properties > log4j.appender.aa=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender > log4j.appender.aa.File=aa.log > log4j.appender.aa.MaxFileSize=1KB > log4j.appender.aa.MaxBackupIndex=10 > log4j.appender.aa.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.aa.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{dd MMM yyyy > HH:mm:ss}]%c-%-5p: %m%n > > # Admin properties > log4j.appender.bb=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender > log4j.appender.bb.File=bb.log > log4j.appender.bb.MaxFileSize=1KB > log4j.appender.bb.MaxBackupIndex=10 > log4j.appender.bb.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.bb.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d{dd MMM yyyy > HH:mm:ss}]%c-%-5p: %m%n > > Now log4j is opening both the files aa.log and bb.log when i > just instantiate the 'aa' appender in a JVM. This is locking the > file 'bb.log' which is used by another application in a > different JVM. This is causing rollover problems etc. > > I can eliminate the problem by using two different log4j config > files and by listing different appender properties in those two > but I want to avoid that and use a single config file for ease > of maintenance. Please let me know if/how I can do that. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > -Jik > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > > -- > 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]>
