Got it working exactly as I want. thanks everyone. I included my
.properties file below for reference
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, R
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/tomcat.log
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100MB
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=50
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p: %d{mm...@hh:mm:ss} %t %c -
%m%n
log4j.additivity.com.tabs=false
log4j.logger.com.tabs=DEBUG, T
log4j.appender.T=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.T.File=${catalina.home}/logs/tabs.log
log4j.appender.T.MaxFileSize=25MB
log4j.appender.T.MaxBackupIndex=50
log4j.appender.T.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.T.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p: %d{mm...@hh:mm:ss} %t %c -
%m%n
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Jacob Kjome <h...@visi.com> wrote:
>
> Well, you most certainly shouldn't get DEBUG messages in the "R" appender
> since the root logger is restricted to the INFO level or higher. Are you
> sure that Log4j is using the config file you think it is? Try running with
> -Dlog4j.debug=true to find out.
>
> Jake
>
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:45:05 -0400
>
> Lucas Vickers <lucasvick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Correct I am getting all the DEBUG/INFO/WARN/FATAL from tabs in the root
>> logger.
>>
>> I will try setting additivity to false.
>>
>> thanks :)
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Jacob Kjome <h...@visi.com> wrote:
>>
>> Are you saying that you get INFO (as well as WARN, ERROR, and FATAL)
>>> logging from the "com.tabs" logger (and children) in the "R" appender
>>> associated with the rootLogger? That's to be expected, as the "com.tabs"
>>> logger (and children) inherits appenders from parent loggers unless
>>> additivity is set to "false".
>>>
>>> While you can set...
>>>
>>> log4j.additivity.com.tabs=false
>>>
>>> ...I recommend you simply change your root logger to log at a more strict
>>> level that will log a bit less, such as "WARN". If you want less
>>> restrictive logging for certain things, then you can define those
>>> separately. This should minimize what gets logged to your "R" appender
>>> and
>>> make it easier to grok.
>>>
>>>
>>> Jake
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:58:32 -0400
>>> Lucas Vickers <lucasvick...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm using tomcat 5.5.25
>>>>
>>>> I modified the log4j in the commons dir:
>>>> common/classes/log4j.properties
>>>>
>>>> and added two seporate logging definitions based on class:
>>>>
>>>> log4j.rootLogger=INFO, R
>>>>
>>>> log4j.category.com.tabs=REBUG, T
>>>>
>>>> in my java code I define the logger as:
>>>> Logger log = Logger.getLogger("com.tabs.servlet");
>>>>
>>>> which then causes all the tabs based logging to occur in a separate file
>>>> (defined under the T log definition). The log entries from tabs are
>>>> repeated into the root logger, which is not ideal but I can deal with.
>>>>
>>>> Lucas
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:54 AM, Jacob Kjome <h...@visi.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Work for me. Different versions require different setups. 5.5
>>>> required
>>>>
>>>>> log4j.jar
>>>>> and commons-logging.jar in common/lib. 6.x requries you to manually
>>>>> rebuild their
>>>>> custom logging framework to work with Log4j. By default, it's
>>>>> hard-wired
>>>>> to JUL.
>>>>> So, all that can be considered "fishy". I've never really had an
>>>>> issue
>>>>> with the
>>>>> per-app logging when placing log4j.jar in WEB-INF/lib even with another
>>>>> copy in
>>>>> common/lib. What issues have you run into?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jake
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/13/2009 12:30 AM, Yair Ogen wrote:
>>>>> > log4j under Tomcat is known to be "fishy" regarding class path.
>>>>> > Are you sure this suggestion works?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jacob Kjome <h...@visi.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> You have to deploy log4j.jar in both common/lib as well as
>>>>> WEB-INF/lib
>>>>> of
>>>>> >> each
>>>>> >> app. Tomcat will use the one in common/lib and each webapp will use
>>>>> the
>>>>> >> one in
>>>>> >> its respective WEB-INF/lib (because of child-first, or parent-last,
>>>>> >> classloading
>>>>> >> behavior of webapps).
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Jake
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On 7/11/2009 6:01 PM, Lucas Vickers wrote:
>>>>> >>> Hello,
>>>>> >>> Excuse my simple question as I am new to tomcat/log4j.
>>>>> >>> I have looked at the mailing list and did some googling but no
>>>>> luck.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> What I would like to do is have my tomcat installation use one log
>>>>> file,
>>>>> >> and
>>>>> >>> then my own servlet use a different log file.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> ./common/classes/log4j.properties =
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> log4j.rootLogger=INFO, R
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/tomcat.log
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100MB
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=50
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> ./webapps/servlets-examples/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties =
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, R
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.File=${catalina.home}/logs/tabs.log
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=10MB
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=100
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
>>>>> >>> log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Ideal result is that my class in /servlets-examples will be in
>>>>> DEBUG
>>>>> >> level
>>>>> >>> and will output to the "tabs.log"
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> It appears that my servlet-examples is outputting to tomcat.og and
>>>>> is
>>>>> in
>>>>> >>> INFO level.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Could anyone please help me figure out what I am missing.
>>>>> >>> Many thanks,
>>>>> >>> Lucas
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>
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