Help implementing log4perl

Andre_br has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello my code friends

I´m trying to set up log4perl for my scripts but I seem to be forgetting something, as nothing gets written on the log file (nor emailed to me). Here´s my log4perl.conf:

log4perl.logger=INFO, FatalFile, FatalMailer, InfoLog

log4perl.filter.MatchFatal = Log::Log4perl::Filter::LevelMatch
log4perl.filter.MatchFatal.LevelToMatch = FATAL
log4perl.filter.MatchFatal.AcceptOnMatch = true

log4perl.filter.MatchInfo = Log::Log4perl::Filter::LevelMatch
log4perl.filter.MatchInfo.LevelToMatch = INFO
log4perl.filter.MatchInfo.AcceptOnMatch = true


log4perl.appender.FatalFile=Log::Dispatch::File
log4perl.appender.FatalFile.filename=test.log
log4perl.appender.FatalFile.mode=append
log4perl.appender.FatalFile.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.FatalFile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p> %F{1}:%L %
+M - %m%n
log4perl.appender.FatalFile.Filter = MatchFatal

log4perl.appender.FatalMailer         = Log::Dispatch::Email::MailSend
+mail
log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.to      = webmaster@mysite.com
log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.from      = log4perl
log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.subject = Something's broken!
log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.layout  = SimpleLayout
log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.Filter = MatchFatal

log4perl.appender.InfoLog=Log::Dispatch::File
log4perl.appender.InfoLog.filename=mailer.log
log4perl.appender.InfoLog.mode=append
log4perl.appender.InfoLog.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.InfoLog.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p> %m%n
log4perl.appender.InfoLog.Filter = MatchInfo
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And here´s the code supposed to be included at the beginning of my scripts:


use Log::Log4perl;
Log::Log4perl->init("/home/mysite/log4perl/log4perl.conf");
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The test script runs ok, without any complaint after loading the log4perl config call, but, as I said, nothing makes it to the error logs or to my email.

I need thy help

Thanks a lot!

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Re: Help implementing log4perl by izut (Chaplain) on Oct 01, 2005 at 19:48 UTC
It helps if you post your code to us see what's going on. I hope you have instantiated a logger in your code like this: `my $log = Log::Log4perl->get_logger('My::Application'); $log->info("Some message");` [download] If you didn't, remember Log::Log4perl can't do magic for you ;) Igor S. Lopes - izut surrender to perl. your code, your rules.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Help implementing log4perl by johnnywang (Priest) on Oct 01, 2005 at 21:34 UTC
I use log4perl in most of my scripts, have to admit I've never used the filters. Does it work for you if you remove all the filters, and simply log everything together? i.e., something like: log4perl.logger=INFO, FatalFile, FatalMailer, InfoLog log4perl.appender.FatalFile=Log::Dispatch::File log4perl.appender.FatalFile.filename=test.log log4perl.appender.FatalFile.mode=append log4perl.appender.FatalFile.layout=PatternLayout log4perl.appender.FatalFile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p %F{1}:%L %M + - %m%n log4perl.appender.FatalMailer = Log::Dispatch::Email::MailSend +mail log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.to = webmaster@mysite.com log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.from = log4perl log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.subject = Something's broken! log4perl.appender.FatalMailer.layout = SimpleLayout log4perl.appender.InfoLog=Log::Dispatch::File log4perl.appender.InfoLog.filename=mailer.log log4perl.appender.InfoLog.mode=append log4perl.appender.InfoLog.layout=PatternLayout log4perl.appender.InfoLog.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p %m%n [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Help implementing log4perl by saintmike (Vicar) on Oct 02, 2005 at 18:26 UTC
You might want to change the email address from `webmaster@mysite.com` to your own. Then try this: `use Log::Log4perl; Log::Log4perl->init("log4perl.conf"); my $logger = get_logger("Foo::Bar"); $logger->info("this one's for mailer.log"); $logger->fatal("this one's for test.log and email");` [download] You will get `"this one's for mailer.log"` in mailer.log `"this one's for test.log and email"` in test.log `"this one's for test.log and email"` in an email sent to you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]