[log4perl-devel] change log level in embedded system

[Gangemi, J. <Jae...@bm...>]

hello -

  i'm currently running log4perl inside an embedded instance, for all
intents and purposes, you could say it's an environment similar to
mod_perl.

  while the system is running, i would like to send a command that changes
the log level of either the root logger or against one of the logger
categories (and potentially dynamically adding an appender so i can log to
a separate file.

  the problem i am having the log level does not persist between calls
into the system. i can make a call in and change the log level (and log a
message at the new level to make sure it worked) but on a subsequent call,
the log level has been reset to what log4perl was originally initialized
with, i.e.:

   $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger("");
   
   $logger->fatal("fatal message");
   $logger->trace("trace message, should not see");

   $logger->level($TRACE);
   $logger->level("trace message, should see");
  
  am i missing something w/ this idea or will i need to re-initialize
log4perl w/ a new configuration in order to make this work?

  thanks!

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-jae