Here is a couple links that should explain the lack of rotation of catalina.out:
1) http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/faq/misc.html#catalina.out
This one is from the tomcat website and is just the question you are asking.
It says that you should not be using stdout (System.out.println)
Well actually I am using Log4j (under the covers) I think. I am
using the log JSP tags, and they have log4j as a pre-req. But
obviously somehow the default config for log4j is writing to
stdout rather than a log file.
The default log4j.properties file that ships with the log tags is:-
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Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:47 AM
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Subject: Re: Rotation of Catalina.out
Well actually I am using Log4j (under the covers) I think. I am
using the log JSP tags, and they have log4j as a pre-req. But
obviously somehow the default config for log4j is writing
