Hi all, are log4j appenders instantiated at initialization time or when they're triggered for the first time? I'm assuming the former. Background is, we've had a request on the Log4perl mailing list to defer instantiation for reasons listed below. Since we want to keep Log4perl compatible with log4j, I'd like to get your opinion on it. Please let me know ...
Original posting: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1136366&forum_id=10175 "Is there a reason that all the appenders listed in the config data are instantiated at start-up? I ask because I came across a problem when Log4perl is used in a context where there is a single config file slurped and parsed by multiple processes with different permissions sets. Specifically, if my program is running as "joeuser" and the config file contains an appender for use by "root"-only processes to log stuff to /super/secret/logfiles via Log::Dispatch::File, the first process will always die as soon as it calls &get_logger. "joeuser" doesn't have write permissions on the logfiles directory but the File widget will try to open a handle as soon as it is created and when it fails -- I find this sort of thing a bit annoying on principle but it's not a log4perl thing -- bring the whole program down with it. -- Mike ############################ # Mike Schilli # # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # http://perlmeister.com # # log4perl.sourceforge.net # ############################ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
