Re: [log4perl-devel] FileAppender should append by default?

[Erik W. S. <er...@se...>]

I'd say yes, even if it was contrary to log4j. I hate loggers that 
automatically nuke the previous log... 'cuz usually that's the one I 
want. :)

-e

Msc...@ao... wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I keep running into the same issue that Log::Dispatch::File by default 
> overwrites an existing log file, because I forget to explicitly tell 
> my configuration to append:
>
>    Log4perl.logger = WARN, File
>    Log4perl.appender.File= Log::Dispatch::File
>    Log4perl.appender.File.layout=Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout
>    Log4perl.appender.File.filename=/blah/blah
>
> Wouldn't it be smarter to assume "append" as default? Does anybody 
> have an idea on how we could make "append" the default choice with a 
> minimum of code mess?
>
> -- Mike
>
> Mike Schilli
> log...@pe...
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