log4j works for your own code, but if you are a sysadmin, and need to rotate catalina.out (which is essentially System.out) then you are toast :-)
I am gonna ask the developers to switch to log4j instead of System.out, they might give me the finger :) filip > -----Original Message----- > From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:27 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: rotating catalina.out > > > > Howdy, > It seems you're right -- I hadn't looked at the code for a while. > > This is why I suggested tomcat use the log4j file rollover mechanism, > which is very robust. But I didn't get much positive feedback, and I > certainly don't have the bandwidth to do it myself right now... > > Yoav Shapira > Millennium ChemInformatics > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Filip Hanik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:24 PM > >To: Tomcat Users List > >Subject: RE: rotating catalina.out > > > >what mechanism is that? > > > >It looks like the logs are being held by an open file descriptor, so > >rotating the catalina.out will just stop logging after the first > rotation, > >since you cause an IOException in Tomcat. > > > >filip > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:12 PM > >> To: Tomcat Users List > >> Subject: RE: rotating catalina.out > >> > >> > >> > >> Howdy, > >> Why not use the nightly rollover mechanism used for servlet logs, > >> localhost logs, etc. also for catalina.out? > >> > >> Yoav Shapira > >> Millennium ChemInformatics > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: Eric J. Pinnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:04 PM > >> >To: Tomcat Users List > >> >Subject: Re: rotating catalina.out > >> > > >> >I was going to experiment with it next week. It would be nice to do > it > >> >within Tomcat and stay away from the Unix-y stuff. That way it > would > >> also > >> >work for the windows users. > >> > > >> >I have a feeling the Unix-y stuff will have to suffice for a bit. > >> > > >> >-e > >> > > >> >On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Filip Hanik wrote: > >> > > >> >> did anyone figure out how to rotate this bad boy and the > >> localhost_log > >> >> without shutting down tomcat? > >> >> > >> >> Filip > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential > >> business communication, and may contain information that is > >> confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is > >> intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and > >> may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone > >> else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please > >> immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and > >> notify the sender. Thank you. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential > business communication, and may contain information that is > confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is > intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and > may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone > else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please > immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and > notify the sender. Thank you. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
