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

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

> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Jonathan Swartz wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Categories are added at init() time, not at log() time. If you add  
> a new
> category to Log4perl, you have to run init().

Huh? I can add a category at runtime like

     my $log = Log::Log4perl->get_logger('foo.bar.baz');

without having declared foo.bar.baz at init() time.

I think you mean that categories are associated with appenders at init 
() time, right? But I'm not looking to create a ton of different  
appenders. I'm looking to create a single appender that handles all  
categories, and automatically writes to the right filename based on  
the category passed to log().

Jon