Re: Question regarding FileAppender...

Mike

We had also added a patch to log4j in our environment, such that the log files are created with process IDs... using a "%P" format specifier.  This allows us to run multiple executables, and they will write to unique files...

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Mike SG <mike_borsg@xxxxxxxxx> 09/13/2004 09:38 PM Please respond to "Log4CXX User"

To:        Log4CXX User <log4cxx-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>         cc:                 Subject:        Re: Question regarding FileAppender...

Thanks Arnold for the information.
 
-Mike.

Curt Arnold <carnold@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
log4cxx follows log4j and log4j does not attempt to synchronize file 
I/O across multiple processes. This is addressed in Chapter 10 of "The 
complete manual log4j".

Q 10.3 Can multiple Java Virtual Machines log to the same file using 
log4j?

No, there is no way for log4j to coordinate the access for a system 
resource, for example a file, between multiple JVMs....

The following FAQ describes the common method of addressing situations 
where that is necessary by using SocketAppenders and a daemon that 
receives the log requests and writes to a file: 
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/faq.html#3.3


On Sep 10, 2004, at 3:46 PM, Mike SG wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I compiled successfully the log4cxx on solaris and I am trying to run 
> a small example which uses FileAppender. Our project is a multi 
> process system. So I created a small example which has 2 processes 
> writing to a file. I used the FileAppender for this. But when I see 
> the output I see that it not process safe. The output is mixed up. 
> Does this works only for threads in a single application.
>
> Have I done something wrong? Can I use fileappender in a multiprocess 
> application? Do I need to set something?
>
> What options do I have?
>
> Can somebody please help me on this.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> -Mike.
>
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