Re: [Rails-devel] Log4j logging

[brett l. <wak...@gm...>]

On 1/15/07, Erik Vos <eri...@hc...> wrote:
> > I think we don't really need more than one log file just yet.
> >
> > I definitely don't want to clutter up a user's drive unnecessarily.
> >
> > It looks like we should use the FileAppender.
>
>
> OK, I have reduced the log4j options in my.properties to
> just a simple log file that is overwritten for each new game.
> I have removed the ConsoleAppender.
>
> I have also removed the prefix log/ to the log file name
> to avoid errors if there is no log directory.
>


Perfect. :-)


> My own version of my.properties is now named my_my.properties.
> It is invoked by specifying -Dconfigfile=my_my.properties
> on the command line (in Eclipse by adding this option as a "VM argument").
>
> GameTest picks up this argument. If absent, the default name
> my.properties is used.
>


We should capture this somewhere. Perhaps we should make use of
SourceForge's documentation tools?


> Only my.properties will exist in CVS.
> So, if you want to save my original version (or your own version)
> of this file, please rename it before you synchronise!
>

Will do.