Log4j does creates files for every appender when initialized. You could write your own appender to change that.
On 8/29/07, Niraj Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a log4j.xml file which is used by dozens of classes throughout the > day. One of these classes needs to log some data into a separate file, so I > created the following config: > > <appender name="XXX" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> > <param name="File" value="../logs/XXX.log"/> > <param name="Append" value="true"/> > <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" /> > </appender> > > <category name="a.b.c.XXXClass"> > <appender-ref ref="XXX" /> > </category> > > Although the XXX.log file is written to disk (albeit empty) every time the > log4j engine is initialised by the other classes. > > Am I correct in saying that the Log4J engine will parse all appenders and > write any log files not on disk, to disk? > > Is there a way to stop this? I only want the log file to be written onto > disk when XXXClass logs data. > > Cheers in advance, > > Niraj > -- James A. N. Stauffer http://www.geocities.com/stauffer_james/ Are you good? Take the test at http://www.livingwaters.com/good/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
