You cannot get access to the file object itself for reading purpose because the FileAppender uses a FileWriter class for writing to the file. But you can learn the file name where the appender writes to. Not each logger instance which you get by Logger.getLogger() has appenders attached. Only the logger instances whose name is exactly as a configured one have in fact the appenders attached as configured. So, if your logger instance has no RollingFileAppender attached, you would have to ask the parent logger, and so on, until you find the desired appender. Since the appenders instances are singleton, it would be easier to ask the LogManager for all appenders and iterate on these to find your desired RollingFileAppender. Once you have found the correct appender instance, you cast it and ask it for the file name for use in a file reader object. I am not sure about the lock mechanisme applied by a RollingFileAppender, if there are any. You have to try. Heri
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ja...@web.de [mailto:ja...@web.de] Gesendet: Montag, 4. Mai 2009 14:57 An: log4j-user@logging.apache.org Betreff: Access logfile logger Hi, I'm using log4j with a DailyRollingFileAppender. Now I want to add some reporting functions to the same application that uses this appender. So I need to get access to the logfile that is written by the file appender. Only the current logfile needs to be read so is is possible via the logger instance? Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.class); Regards, Jason ______________________________________________________ GRATIS für alle WEB.DE-Nutzer: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://movieflat.web.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
