[log4perl-devel] name => does not change name in easy_init

[Ronald F. <yn...@mm...>]

I finally found the time to implement the solution for switching logfiles at run-time
(see my posting "Re: Appender::File and Layout question" from March 6), but now
I am facing a new problem: Perl (ActivePerl 5.8 on Windows) crashes when I try to 
switch the file.

Here is the example code:

   Log::Log4perl->easy_init(
      {level  =>  $log_level,
       file   =>  'STDOUT',
       layout =>  '%.1p %d{HH:mm} %M(%L) %m%n'
      },
      {level  =>  $log_level,
       file   => ">main.log",
       layout => '%.1p %d{dd.MM. HH:mm:ss (EEE)} %M(%L) %m%n'
      }
      {level  =>  $log_level,
       file   =>  '>dummy.log',
       layout =>  '%.1p %d{HH:mm} %M(%L) %m%n',
       name => 'requestlogger'
      },
    );

...

  # Switch 'requestlogger' to new file
  Log::Log4perl->appender_by_name('requestlogger')->file_switch('request_specific.log');

At this point,  Perl complains:

   "Can't call method "file_switch" on an undefined value"

If I change the line so that it uses the default appender name,

  Log::Log4perl->appender_by_name('app002')->file_switch('request_specific.log');

it works. It seems that easy_init does not use the "name" parameter. Is this a bug in easy_init,
or is it supposed to work that way?

Ronald


-- 
Ronald Fischer <ro...@em...>
+  If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, 
+  and the bus is interrupted and the interrupt's not caught,
+  then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.
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