When you set a's additivity to false, it won't inherit root's
Log2Console appender. So, try adding:log4j.category.a=DEBUG, aa, Log2Console log4j.category.b=DEBUG, bb, Log2Console On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 15:15, J IK wrote: > Hi Swami: > > tried that too but it ended up not logging to the console, may > be I'm doing something wrong. this is what I added > > log4j.additivity.a=false > log4j.additivity.b=false > > to no avail. thankx for your pointers. > -Jik > > --- Swami Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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]> > > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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]> -- []'s Daniel Serodio -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
