Hello. I am attempting to use a DailyRollingFileAppender with a logger. I like the concept, but the resulting formating of the file name is undesireable.
I am using a simple and common specification: log4j.appender.MONITOR=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender log4j.appender.MONITOR.File=logs/monitor.log log4j.appender.MONITOR.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd Given a filename of "monitor.log", the DailyRollingFileAppender will copy this to "monitor.log.2006-05-17", thereby altering the ".log" extension. This is inconsistent with all the other logs I have from Tomcat, such as "catalina.2006-05-17.log" or "localhost.2006-05-17.log", and the change to the extension is an annoyance. The formating used by DailyRollingFileAppender is unusual among the applications I have seen, so this must be a common problem. Is there a way of getting DailyRollingFileAppender to recognize extensions and insert the date format between the filename and the extension? I considered using the following: log4j.appender.MONITOR.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd'.log' But my understanding is that the file would then look like "monitor.log.2006-05-17.log", which has an extension in the middle so it would also be wrong. Richard J. Barbalace Software Developer Harris Orthopaedics Biomechanics and Biomaterials Laboratory Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street, Jackson 1121 Boston, MA 02114 Tel: 617-726-3607 Fax: 617-726-3883 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
