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

[Kevin G. <ke...@go...>]

log4j defaults to append, Log::Dispatch defaults to truncate.  I agree, 
the log4j behavior is more desirable.

The attached should take care of it, don't you think?

The JavaMap::FileAppender was already defaulting to append, but there 
was some nonsense in the conditional, so I fixed it.

Erik W. Selberg wrote:
> 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...
>> http://perlmeister.com
>> http://log4perl.sourceforge.net
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