Sure - thank you for a super prompt response! Here is my log4j configuration. The directory in which the application writes is a shared NFS directory if it makes any difference. But no other vm (tomcat) or application is writing to this directory... # log4j properties file #log4j.debug=true log4j.rootLogger=WARN, R # log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.R.File=/data/etl/ssm/extractor/logs/extractor.log log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=20MB log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=30 log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n # log4j.logger.com.opinmind=DEBUG log4j.logger.org.apache.commons.digester=debug
----------------------------------------------------------- R. M. Menon - A Rafi fan(www.mohdrafi.com) Author, Expert Oracle JDBC Programming, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/159059407X/ ----------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Matt Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > Can you share your log4j configuration? > > -----Original Message----- > From: ramakrishna menon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 11:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Log4j exception Could not close > org.apache.log4j.helpers.CountingQuietWriter > > Hi I have a web application installed on a single tomcat instance. > > After around 2 to 5 days of running, the entire application stalls. When > checking the log, I get the following error stack. I did some research on > this on google but could not find any solution. What can I do to avoid this > situation? A tomcat bounce typically resolves the situation temporarily. > > Thank you! > Menon > Apr 23, 2009 11:40:40 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve > invoke > INFO: log4j:ERROR Could not close > org.apache.log4j.helpers.countingquietwri...@11361f82 > java.io.IOException: Input/output error > at java.io.FileOutputStream.close0(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.close(FileOutputStream.java:279) > at > sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder$CharsetSE.implClose(StreamEncoder.java:431) > at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.close(StreamEncoder.java:160) > at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.close(OutputStreamWriter.java:222) > at java.io.FilterWriter.close(FilterWriter.java:92) > at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.closeFile(FileAppender.java:183) > at > org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.rollOver(RollingFileAppender.java:146) > at > > org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.subAppend(RollingFileAppender.java:239) > at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:159) > at > org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:230) > at > > org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:65) > at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:203) > at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388) > at org.apache.log4j.Category.debug(Category.java:257) > at > com.opinmind.db.DbUtil.executeDbProcAffectingRows(DbUtil.java:244) > at > > com.opinmind.webapp.exporter.AbstractExporter.logExtractorStats(AbstractExporter.java:139) > at > > com.opinmind.webapp.exporter.ExporterAssumingClientOnDbImpl.generateFile(ExporterAssumingClientOnDbImpl.java:138) > at > > com.opinmind.webapp.etl.extractor.DbDataExporter.getFiles(DbDataExporter.java:65) > at > > com.opinmind.webapp.etl.extractor.action.ExtractDbDataIntoFileAction.doExecute(ExtractDbDataIntoFileAction.java:71) > at com.opinmind.webapp.action.BaseAction.execute(BaseAction.java:50) > at > > org.apache.struts.chain.commands.servlet.ExecuteAction.execute(ExecuteAction.java:58) > at > > org.apache.struts.chain.commands.AbstractExecuteAction.execute(AbstractExecuteAction.java:67) > at > > org.apache.struts.chain.commands.ActionCommandBase.execute(ActionCommandBase.java:51) > at > org.apache.commons.chain.impl.ChainBase.execute(ChainBase.java:190) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > R. M. Menon - A Rafi fan(www.mohdrafi.com) Author, Expert Oracle JDBC > Programming, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/159059407X/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > R. M. Menon - A Rafi fan(www.mohdrafi.com) Author, Expert Oracle JDBC > Programming, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/159059407X/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
