Cheers for the confirmation. I would rather fix this with via the properties file, but if that aint possible then a code fix will have to do.
Anyone lese think this feature is something that should be overideable with a parameter or something? Niraj On 8/29/07, James A. N. Stauffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > >
