parameter for log4perl

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

I want to keep using a log file until its size>15m. Right now the existing parameters create a new log file each time my program starts...what do I put in the config file to tell it to use the same file until the size is greater than the max?

 log4perl.category.fileLogger=INFO, LOGFILE
    
 # write to rotating log file
 log4perl.appender.LOGFILE=Log::Dispatch::FileRotate
      
 # log settings
        log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.filename=/home/user/xxx/review/code_
+review.log
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.size=15M
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.max=15
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.mode=append
     
# log file format; see http://search.cpan.org/~mschilli/Log-Log4perl-1
+.35/lib/Log/Log4perl.pm#Log_Layouts
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout=PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d (%P) %rms %p] %
+m%n
log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m%n
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Re: parameter for log4perl by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Jun 12, 2012 at 14:31 UTC
I would cleanup a bit: #!/usr/bin/perl -l use strict; use warnings; use Log::Dispatch::FileRotate; use Log::Log4perl qw(get_logger); my $conf = q( log4perl.category.fileLogger = INFO, Logfile log4perl.appender.Logfile = Log::Dispatch::FileRotate log4perl.appender.Logfile.filename = code_review.log log4perl.appender.Logfile.mode = append log4perl.appender.Logfile.max = 15 log4perl.appender.Logfile.size = 15000 log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout = \ Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout log4perl.appender.Logfile.layout.ConversionPattern = \ [%d (%P) %rms %p] %m%n ); Log::Log4perl->init( \$conf ); [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: parameter for log4perl by fionbarr (Friar) on Jun 12, 2012 at 14:52 UTC
thanks to both	[reply]
Re: parameter for log4perl by chrestomanci (Priest) on Jun 12, 2012 at 12:51 UTC
Use Log::Dispatch::FileRotate If you don't supply a date pattern for log rotation, it will rotate by file size instead, so when the log file reaches 10 Meg (or whatever size you specify) it will rotate the log file & start a new one.	[reply]