The <Logger> under 5.0.x uses YYYY-MM-DD format in the filename, so this would change each day, would that give you what you need? See "FileLogger" under "Standard Implementation" at: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.0-doc/config/logger.html
PS note that <Logger> is deprecated in 5.5.x > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Burke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday 31 October 2005 11:59 > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Tomcat logging - Persistence of Logs > > > I have a problem with log files. I have a customer who has > Tomcat 5.0.28 > running on Windows 2003 Server. The main output is being logged to > stdout.log in the tomcat/logs directory - this is the Windows > equivalent > of catalina.out on a linux/unix system. > > The problem is that for good reasons the customer is stopping & > restarting Tomcat every night (at our recommendation). This > is a new app > and it's not entirely bug-free yet, so giving thjem a clean > start every > day is useful. The trouble is that this also recreates > stdout.log, which > is a pity as sometime we aren't being alerted to problems > until the day > after, by which time the relevant log has disappeared. > > Does anyone know how to make the Windows stdout.log file persistent? > > Tom Burke --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]