[log4perl-devel] Removing Log4perl appenders at runtime?

[Bart P. <ba...@la...>]

Basically I have a process that logs to a master log file, the 
screen and email, that I've converting from Log::Dispatch to 
Log::Log4perl -- and this part works great.

I need to add the ability of periodically opening/closing log 
files in other directories (e.g. like daily logs) where the 
directories do not necessarily exist when the process (and 
Log4perl) initializes.  (Similar to Log::Dispatch's add and 
remove methods).

Obviously I can use add_appender to open a new log file, but I'm 
not sure how to remove the appender when I'm finished with it. 
I couldn't find anything like "remove_appender" though perhaps 
I'm just missing it.

The FAQ seems to indicate that the way to turn off logging is to 
set the threshold to OFF.  Unfortunately, over time, this will 
leak appenders.  Is there a clean way to remove appenders at 
runtime?

Thanks,

Bart Parliman