I know for a fact it happens with log4j-1.2.5. Now, I think I'm using log4j-1.2.6 now but I'm not certain because even though I stopped the webapp (it's running under Tomcat) and put the 1.2.6 jar in the /lib folder, the 1.2.5 jar file was locked so I wasn't able to remove it. Now, after starting the webapp again, they're both locked.
Here's the configuration from my log4j.xml for the DailyRollingFileAppender: <appender name="A3_Nyce" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd"/> <!--param name="MaxLogs" value="30"/--> <param name="File" value="e:/WebApps/atmreports/cvsroot/ATMReports/ATMRealtime_NYCE/WEB-INF/log s/Nyce.log"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-15d{ISO8601} %-10p (%c) - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> File permissions are okay... and it seems to work fine for a few days after first starting up Tomcat, but then for some reason it just stops renaming the files and overwrites the same file every day. -shawn ==================================== Shawn Wilson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Software Developer, ATMReports.com PH: 877-327-0873, FAX: 406-294-5806 ==================================== > -----Original Message----- > From: Ceki Gulcu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:08 AM > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: Re: DailyRollingFileAppender not renaming files > > > At 09:04 28.08.2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm using log4j on the Windows platform and many times I notice that > >DailyRollingFileAppender is not able to rename the log file. I get this > >messages on stderr: > > > >log4j:ERROR Failed to rename [c:/path/to/my/file] to > >[c:/path/to/my/file.2002-08-27]. > > > >I searched the archives and someone had said it may have something to do > >with multiple threads using a single Logger object. This may in > fact be what > >is causing my problem since I have two threads in one class that > are using > >the same Logger. > > Don't believe everything you read. > > >What should I do to prevent this error from occurring? It is important we > >keep backups of all our log files! > > Which version of log4j is this? What is the DatePattern for > DailyRollingFileAppender? Is the directory c:/path/to/my protected? > > >Thanks, > >-shawn > > -- > Ceki > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>