The thread was called "Redirect system.out into FileAppender". The gist of the thread is covered in this link: http://www.nabble.com/I-need-to-make-logging-in-a-complete-application-td21174776.html. You don't need access to the source code just the jvm. Hope this helps.
Matt On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt > > Went through the archive for last two months. I couldn't find any related > threads to this topic. Could you forward me the details of the thread, that > you were referring, please ? > > TIA > > --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Matthew Kemp <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Matthew Kemp <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Logging messages directed to stdout > To: "Log4J Users List" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Log4J Users List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:47 AM > > There was an example of this a couple weeks ago on the mailing list. > The recommended solution then was to set System.out and System.err to > a new PrintStream that you control. Then you read lines from the > PrintStream and log messages using log4j. > > Matt > > > > On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes. That is what I asked in my original email. Any sample > > applications/guidelines, which will not break any of my 3 > > requirements ? > > > > TIA > > > > --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Guilherme Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Guilherme Costa <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Logging messages directed to stdout > > To: "Log4J Users List" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:37 AM > > > > Maybe you could create an application that will read all the outputs > > of your > > old application and throw the messages using log4j! > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Jay <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Not exactly. It has got lots and lots of system.out messages. > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Guilherme Costa <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> From: Guilherme Costa <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Logging messages directed to stdout > >> To: "Log4J Users List" > <[email protected]>, > >> [email protected] > >> Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:27 AM > >> > >> The application is sending the messages thru log4j ConsoleAppender?! > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Jay <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >>> Just wanted to add that, the application redirects lot of messages > > >>> to > >>> stderr also and they also should be logged in the same log file. > >>> > >>> TIA > >>> > >>> --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> From: Jay <[email protected]> > >>> Subject: Logging messages directed to stdout > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:16 AM > >>> > >>> OS Linux: > >>> > >>> Am using an application which redirects lot of messages to stdout > >>> > >>> I do not have access to the source code of this application. > >>> > >>> I would like to log4j these messages through RollingFileAppender. > >>> Requirements: > >>> > >>> 1) The no of lines to be logged are very high and very fast rate. > >>> > >>> 2) The new logging mechanism should not have any impact on the > >> performance > >>> of > >>> the application or the system > >>> > >>> 3) Not even single line of the message should be missed. > >>> > >>> Could someone please let me know, what is the best way to achieve > > this ? > >>> > >>> TIA > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >
