The LogFilePatternReceiver will do just that! The tailing functiononality is also very fast. I think it checks the file every 10 sec's by default. I have just got it to work for me. It was a bit tricky at first but then when i found out that the logging pattern was the problem it was solved easily. The logFormat in the chainsaw.xml (chainsaw config file) must correspond to the ConversionPattern for the logger...
Examples from my setup: Chainsaw configuration file chainsaw.xml: ------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration > <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/"; debug="true"> <plugin name="logFileReceiver" class="org.apache.log4j.varia.LogFilePatternReceiver"> <param name="fileURL" value="file:///c:/logs/tit_log.log" /> <param name="timestampFormat" value="yyyy-MM-d HH:mm:ss,SSS"/> <param name="logFormat" value="TIMESTAMP LEVEL [THREAD] CLASS (FILE:LINE) - MESSAGE"/> <param name="name" value="logfileReceiver" /> <param name="tailing" value="true" /> </plugin> <root> <level value="debug" /> </root> </log4j:configuration> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of my log4j properties file: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- log4j.rootLogger = DEBUG, appendingLogFile log4j.appender.appendingLogFile=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender log4j.appender.appendingLogFile.File=c:/logs/tit_log.log log4j.appender.appendingLogFile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.appendingLogFile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p [%t] %C{2} (%F:%L) - %m%n ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope it helps! //Anders ----- Original Message ----- From: "rakesh patel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 3:32 PM Subject: using chainsaw to view log files >i was wondering if chainsaw can be used to view log4j files? i know there is > something call the LogFilePatternReceiver, which - according to the > documentation parses and tails a log file. Will the LogFilePatternReceiver > pull > in the entire file and then add to the display for each incoming entry into > the > log file? I want the ablility to see the entire file - if i get to see new > log > events that would be nice, but the functionality akin to "vi" of the log file > would be sufficient. > > Thanks > Rakesh > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
