I found a partial solution (requires Java 6): I wrote my own class:
class MyLogger { public static void log(String message) { if(System.console() != null) System.console().printf("consoleLogger: %s\n", message); } } This has the unique advantage of working, unlike System.out. It still has the disadvantage that I can't see unchecked exceptions. It is workable, though, because I can put in a series of points: MyLogger.log("I'm at step 12"); // do something MyLogger.log("I'm at step 13"); and if it never gets to step 13, I know to put a try { } catch { } block in there and then I can print the exception to console. But this is all crazy. There must be some more modern way of achieving this: sending log messages (either to console or a file) and logging exceptions (either to a file or console). Is some system of "dump all exceptions to the console" possible in Tomcat? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]