One logfile per run with log4j

Question

How do you configure log4j.properties to have exactly one logfile per run of an app. I\'ve read that you should use a timestamp in the filename but that will create many fil

Answer 1

I had troubles retrieving which Udo Klimaschewski's answer Udy was referring so I put here my solution. log4j.properties:

# Root logger option
log4j.rootLogger=INFO, fileout

# Direct log messages to file
log4j.appender.fileout=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.fileout.File=/logs/myapp_${current.date}.log
log4j.appender.fileout.ImmediateFlush=true
log4j.appender.fileout.Threshold=debug
log4j.appender.fileout.Append=false
log4j.appender.fileout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.fileout.layout.conversionPattern=%5p | %d | %m%n

Then put in the main class this block:

public class Starter {
    static{
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hhmmss");
        System.setProperty("current.date", dateFormat.format(new Date()));
    }