首先阅读log4j Manual,很容易配置滚动日志文件。你不必做任何明确的文件操作。
#SET LEVEL of ROOT-LOGGER, you will like to have Debug in local, but in prod you may just want WARN and ABOVE. This setting is done here!
log4j.rootLogger=debug, stdout, R
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
# Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number. (basically, format of log)
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
# THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE ALL THE LOG WRITTEN
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=/var/log/applogs/example.log
# Maximum size of log file, usually we keep 10MB
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
# Keep one backup file, usually we keep 10
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
其次,当你捕获异常,做这样的
public class MyClass{
private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MyClass.class);
public ReturnType myMethod(Param p, Param2 p2) {
....
....
try {
..
} catch(MyException e) {
logger.log("Exceptions happen!", e); //this will put all the details in log file configured earlier
}
....
}
....
}