Hi, As the title says,
I have posted the same thing at stack exchange, as their formatting features are a bit better than an email. Kindly do got hrough the same ad offer suggestions http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16795749/log4j-logs-to-one-file-but-not-to-other ht tp:// stackoverflow.com/questions/16795749/log4j-logs-to-one-file-but-not-to-other If policy forbids it, I have also copy-pasted the post below Regards, Pradeep I have added a *custom logging level* to java, via this code. import org.apache.log4j.Level; public class NarratorLog extends Level { public static final String NARRATOR_LOG = "NARRATOR"; public static final Level NARRATOR_DEBUG_LOGGING = new NarratorLog(DEBUG_INT+1, NARRATOR_LOG, 7); protected NarratorLog(int level, String levelStr, int syslogEquivalent) { super(level, levelStr, syslogEquivalent); }} I have configured my *log4j.properties* file thus # Set root logger level to ALL and send as FileLog. log4j.rootLogger=ALL,FileLog# Set logger level to customlevel and send as ConsoleLog. log4j.logger.NarratorLogger=NARRATOR_DEBUG_LOGGING#ex.logging.NarratorLog , ConsoleLog # ConsoleLog is set to be a ConsoleAppender.#log4j.appender.ConsoleLog=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender log4j.appender.ConsoleLog=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.ConsoleLog.File=Narrator.csv log4j.appender.ConsoleLog.layout=ex.logging.LoggerLayout log4j.appender.ConsoleLog.layout.ConversionPattern=%p, %F , %C , %M , %L , %d , %r , %m %n # FileLog is set to be a FileAppender. log4j.appender.FileLog=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.FileLog.File=logfile.csv log4j.appender.FileLog.layout=ex.logging.LoggerLayout log4j.appender.FileLog.layout.ConversionPattern=%p, %F , %C , %M , %L , %d , %r , %m %n log4j.appender.FileLog.Append=false *Calling the function* in a very simple manner private static Logger k = Logger.getLogger(Main.class); public static void main(String[] args) { PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties"); k.debug("DrawScreen"); k.log(NarratorLog.NARRATOR_DEBUG_LOGGING, "I am the narattor"); } It works allright in the *logfile.csv*, with this output TYPE , FILE , CLASS , FUNCTION , LINE , DATE , , SECFROMCALL , COMMENT DEBUG, Main.java , GameCore.Main , main , 35 , 2013-05-28 20:39:11,423 , 0 , DrawScreen NARRATOR, Main.java , GameCore.Main , main , 36 , 2013-05-28 20:39:11,426 , 3 , I am the narattor But when i check the narrator.csv, all i get is... well... unprintable junk. Where am i going wrong?
