Hi there Not sure about the log situation, but why can't you just shut your app down, copy the log, and reboot the server?
Regards Mads Fredag 02 august 2013 00:50:21 skrev David Rosenstrauch: > Hi. We're trying to integrate the logback framework into our app, but > we're running into an issue with RollingFileAppender. > > Our app is creating log files. We are then using RollingFileAppender to > periodically roll the log file, gzip it, and move it to another > directory (where it subsequently gets pushed to another server for > processing). > > This all works fine ... as long as there's logging events happening. > However, when there's no log events, the log file never rolls - which > prevents it from getting moved to the other directory, and getting > pushed to the other server. So in effect, any data in the log file > stays there and never gets processed. > > This takes on particular importance when we want to shut a server down. > What should happen is that we stop sending the server traffic, wait > till the log file rolls, and then gets pushed to the processing server - > after which it's safe to shut the machine down and be assured of no log > data loss. > > But when we stop sending the server traffic, logback stops rolling the > log too - resulting in a situation where the log data just sits in the > original log file and never gets rolled, pushed, and processed. So > there's no safe time to shut the server down without loss of log data. > > > Is there any way out of this situation? I.e., any way to force logback > to do actual clock-based rolling, rather than event-based? > > Thanks, > > DR > _______________________________________________ > Logback-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user > > > -- Med venlig hilsen/Regards Chefarkitekt/Chief Architect cand.scient.dat, Ph.d., Mads Bondo Dydensborg Dansk BiblioteksCenter A/S, Tempovej 7-11, 2750 Ballerup, Tlf. +45 29 84 00 42 _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user
