I try it, but I get this error " log4j:WARN No such property [maxBackupIndex] in org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.
I put this line in the log4j properties file. log4j.appender.ACCESS.MaxBackupIndex=7 On 11/28/06, Shuh Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think you can set the MaxBackupIndex parameter like this: log4j.appender.drfa.MaxBackupIndex=7 -----Original Message----- From: ying lcs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:42 PM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: File Appender in log4j Thanks for the advice. Can you please tell me how can i only keep the last 7 days of the log ? Thank you. On 11/21/06, Curt Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 21, 2006, at 4:21 PM, ying lcs wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Can you please tell me how can I configure file appender so that it > > writes to 1 log file per data and have the old one stays? > > > > Thank you. > > > > I guessing that you meant "1 log file per DAY". If that is your > request, you could use a DailyRollingFileAppender which would write > all log messages to a file which would be renamed after the day > changes. The configuration would looks something like: > > > log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, drfa > log4j.appender.drfa=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender > log4j.appender.drfa.file=mylog.log > log4j.appender.drfa.Append=false > log4j.appender.drfa.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.drfa.layout.ConversionPattern=%m\n > > Messages would be logged to mylog.log and after the day changes the > file would be close, renamed mylog.log.2006-11-21 and subsequent > logging would be captured in a new mylog.log file. > > There has been some development of a MultiFileAppender that could > actually write the file in place and would not require renaming the > file, but that isn't working yet. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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