Howdy, I don't think that's part of log4j's job. I'd be surprised it if were possible to do, using log4j only. However, it would be easy to write a shell script to copy all files except mylogs.log to the backup directory every day.
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephane Nicoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:23 AM >To: 'Log4J Users List' (E-mail) >Subject: DailyRollingFileAppender+ backup > >Hello, > >I am using DailyRollingFileAppender to split my log files every day. Is it >possible to copy the file in another location once it has been splitted. >More >explicity, if I have a log into /var/log/myapp/mylogs.log and it's splitted >I >would like that mylogs.log.2002.04.24 go into /var/log/myapp/mylogs/backup >? > >Is it possible, I am using XML configuration. My configuration file is as >follows: > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> ><!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> > ><log4j:configuration> > > <appender name="A_1" >class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> > <param name="File" value="../logs/BE/lbclient.log" /> > <param name="Append" value="true" /> > <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" /> > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} [%t] %- >5p >%35.35c{5} - %m%n"/> > </layout> > </appender> > > > <category name="org.apache.log4j.xml"> > <appender-ref ref="A_1" /> > </category> > > <root> > <priority value ="debug" /> > <appender-ref ref="A_1" /> > </root> > ></log4j:configuration> > >Thanks and best regards, > >Stéphane Nicoll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>