log4perl.rootLogger=DEBUG, Screen, FileRotate 
log4perl.appender.Screen=Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen
log4perl.appender.Screen.stderr=0
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout=Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.Screen.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %-1.1p %P %H %m%n
log4perl.appender.FileRotate=Log::Dispatch::FileRotate
log4perl.appender.FileRotate.filename=$logFileDir/$logFileName
log4perl.appender.FileRotate.mode=append
log4perl.appender.FileRotate.autoflush=1
log4perl.appender.FileRotate.DatePattern=yyyy-MM-dd-HH
log4perl.appender.FileRotate.layout=Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.FileRotate.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %-1.1p %P %H %m%n

##</code><code>##

Log::Log4perl::init(\$log_conf);
my $log = Log::Log4perl->get_logger;
if ($opt{d}) { # if starting as a daemon...   
   # turn off the Screen appender
   # ??

   # change the log level
   use Log::Log4perl::Level;
   $log->level($INFO);    
}