Re: [log4perl-devel] appender/dispatcher that writes to per-category files

[Jonathan S. <sw...@po...>]

> On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Mike Schilli wrote:
>
>> I'd like to write simultaneously to a central log file, and to
>> a separate log file for each category. e.g. A log to category Foo.Bar
>> would go to app.log and Foo.Bar.log. I want to do this automatically
>> rather than having to configure each category separately.
>
> Interesting problem ... do you know ahead of time which categories
> you're gonna run into? A script could call all kinds of Log4perl- 
> enabled
> modules at runtime, adding new categories on-the-fly.
>

Right, I expected that new categories would keep cropping up. Why  
would it be a problem for an appender to open new filehandles on the  
fly? Other than worrying about maximum # of filehandles?

Jon