When it rolls it renames the current file and then starts writing to a new current file. So the current file will always only have logs from the current day (assuming there has been at least on log today).
On 9/26/05, David Thielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What seems to be happening is it is just deleteing it at midnight. All log > entries from Fri/Sat/Sun are gone. And it now has just today's entries. > > And it looks like it may be starting at the beginning of the file to write > again - but did not clear the old file - it is overwriting it instead. > > ??? - thanks - dave > > David Thielen > 303-499-2544 > www.windwardreports.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Stauffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:54 AM > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: Re: files not rolling over. > > Rolling logs won't roll until the need to. If a log is generated > today than it should cause them to roll. > > On 9/26/05, David Thielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi; > > > > After running all weekend my files tomcat.log and windward.log did not > roll > > over. stdout did. Here is my properties: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > > <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> > > <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> > > > > <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%5p [%t] %m > - > > %c %M%n"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > <appender name="tomcat" > > class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> > > <param name="file" > > value="${catalina.home}/logs/tomcat.log"/> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" > > value="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %5p [%t] %c - %m%n"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > <appender name="windward" > > class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"> > > <param name="file" > > value="${catalina.home}/logs/windward.log"/> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" > > value="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} %5p [%t] %c - %m%n"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > <logger name="net.windward" additivity="false"> > > <level value="info"/> > > <appender-ref ref="windward" /> > > </logger> > > <root> > > <priority value="warn" /> > > <appender-ref ref="stdout" /> > > <appender-ref ref="tomcat" /> > > </root> > > > > </log4j:configuration> > > > > > > David Thielen > > 303-499-2544 > > www.windwardreports.com > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > James Stauffer > Are you good? Take the test at http://www.livingwaters.com/good/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > -- James Stauffer Are you good? Take the test at http://www.livingwaters.com/good/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
