On 19 Oct 2001, Dr. Evil wrote:
> Date: 19 Oct 2001 08:29:44 -0000
> From: Dr. Evil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Logging from a servlet in Tomcat
>
>
> I have a question: It would be extremely useful for a servlet to be
> able to record debugging messages in some way. I don't have a Java
> debugger, but I could do a lot of debugging if I had a command that
> looked like this:
>
> log("We are in this part of the code now");
>
> I have seen documentation for a command like that, and I have tried it
> in my installation of Tomcat 4.0, but it doesn't send any output
> anywhere, so it seems useless. Is there a way to get it to work?
>
By default, log output from your servlets goes to a file in the "logs"
directory. You can change where it goes by setting up a <Logger> element
to do what you want. Configuration information is included in Tomcat's
download, or available online at:
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.0-doc/config/logger.html
> Thanks
>
Craig
