log4perl.rootLogger=INFO,LOGFILE
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE=Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.filename=/var/log/myerrs.log
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.mode=append
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%l] %p %c - %m%n

log4perl.Logger.newpingdata=INFO,LOG
log4perl.appender.LOG=Log::Log4perl::Appender::File
log4perl.appender.LOG.filename=/var/log/errs.log
log4perl.appender.LOG.mode=append
log4perl.appender.LOG.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.LOG.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%l] %p %c - %m%n
# tried this above to dynamicaaly generate filename     
      log4perl.appender.LOG.filename =        sub { my @curr=`date`;my($day,$month,$date,$time,$std,$year) = split (/\s+/,$curr[0]);chomp $month; return "/var/log/myerrs.$month.log"}

I use this for logging 

my $log -> Log::Log4perl->get_logger();
$log->warn("hi");

my $log -> Log::Log4perl->get_logger("newpingdata");
$log->info("down");


but both hi and down get logged in the same file (/var/log/myerrs.log)????