[slf4j-user] Log file doesn't roll over when set to archive each day.

[Erik van Oosten]

Of course I meant to type:

Slf4j does **NOT** write to files, that is delegated to a logging 
backend such as log4j. Please find out which backend you use, read some 
documentation on that backend, or post a question on the forums of that 
backend.

Regards,
      Erik.



Op 13-07-11 13:15, Erik van Oosten schreef:
> Hi Anonymous,
>
> Slf4j does write to files, that is delegated to a logging backend such 
> as log4j. Please find out which backend you use, read some 
> documentation on that backend, or post a question on the forums of 
> that backend.
>
> Regards,
>     Erik.
>
>
> Op 12-07-11 23:26, slf4j at nomoreheroes.org.uk schreef:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I've configured slf4j so that my application's log file rolls over 
>> each day.
>>
>> My expectation is that, each day, the following happens around midnight:
>>
>> 1.  The logs for that day will be archived into a zipped file,
>> appropriately named.
>> 2. The log file is reset to zero bytes and starts filling up with 
>> logs for
>> the current day.
>>
>> What's actually happening at midnight is this:
>>
>> 1. The log file contents get archived into an appropriately named file.
>> 2. The log file retains the logs for the day that's just ended, and 
>> starts
>> filling up with the current days logs on top of that.
>>
>> The same trend continues day after day, leaving the active log file with
>> the log entries from the time the application was started right up until
>> the current day, and each log file contains logs from the time the
>> application was started up until it was archived.
>>
>> I'll follow this up with my logback.xml file when I'm back at work, just
>> thought I'd post this now in case there's some really obvious things 
>> that
>> can cause this to happen.
>>
>> The application server in question is Tomcat 5.5 (Badly needs 
>> upgrading, I
>> know but this will be happening very soon), and the application is a
>> custom built one.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions :-)
>>
>


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