Writing different levels to different files in log4cxx

Question

I want to have log messages from each log level go to a different file. From the name, LevelMatchFilter seems like what I want, except it seems to not filter anything from a different level.

I think the following properties should do that using LevelRangeFilter. However, anything sent to the global logger ends up in INFO.log, regardless of the level.

log4j.rootLogger = OFF

# Global level based logs
log4j.logger.global = ALL, Info

log4j.appender.Info=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.Info.File=Logs/INFO.log
log4j.appender.Info.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.Info.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%p]  %m%n
log4j.appender.Info.filter.a=org.apache.log4j.filter.LevelRangeFilter
log4j.appender.Info.filter.a.LevelMin=info
log4j.appender.Info.filter.a.LevelMax=info
log4j.appender.Info.filter.a.AcceptOnMatch=true

I also tried using INFO for the values of LevelMin and LevelMax but that had the same results.

What am I doing wrong?

As a side question, is there a way to turn on debugging of the log4cxx configuration when using a property file? I found an option when using an xml file, but none of the obvious translations to properties (debug=true, log4j.debug=true) and any effect.

To answer the side question, `log4j.debug=true` does work. I don't know why it didn't work the first time. — Troy Daniels, Aug 19 '14 at 21:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '14 at 15:04

As of log4cxx 0.10 (and probably earlier), the properties format does not support filters. So the XML configuration (or programmatic configuration) is required.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="true">
  <appender name="Info" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
    <param name="file" value="Logs/INFO.log" />
    <param name="append" value="false" />

    <!-- If this filter accepts the message, it will be printed.  That happens if this is an info message -->
    <filter class="org.apache.log4j.filter.LevelMatchFilter">
      <param name="levelToMatch" value="INFO" />
      <param name="acceptOnMatch" value="true" />
    </filter>
    <!-- If it is not an info message, this filter will reject it -->
    <filter class="org.apache.log4j.filter.DenyAllFilter"/>

    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%p] %m%n" />
    </layout>
  </appender>
  <root>
    <priority value="off" />
  </root>
  <logger name="global">
    <priority value="all" />
    <appender-ref  ref="Info" />
  </logger>
</log4j:configuration>

Writing different levels to different files in log4cxx

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