How can we redirect a Java program console output to multiple files?

Question

How can we redirect the eclipse console output to a file? I can:

1. Run Configuration->Commons->Select a file.
2. Use

Answer 1

You could use a "variable" inside the output filename, for example:

/tmp/FetchBlock-${current_date}.txt

current_date:

Returns the current system time formatted as yyyyMMdd_HHmm. An optional argument can be used to provide alternative formatting. The argument must be valid pattern for java.util.SimpleDateFormat.

Or you can also use a system_property or an env_var to specify something dynamic (either one needs to be specified as arguments)