Example of using DailyRollingFileAppender and RollingFileAppender in Log4j.xml

# Root logger option

# log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, file, stdout

# Direct log messages to a log file

log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender

log4j.appender.file.File=${catalina.base}/logs/rejseportal.log

log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=1MB

log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=1

log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout

log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

# Direct log messages to stdout

log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender

log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out

log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout

log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

log4j.logger.as.moes=debug

log4j.logger.org.codehaus.groovy=warn

log4j.logger.org.springframework=warn

log4j.logger.grails=warn

log4j.logger.grails.util.GrailsUtil=warn

log4j.logger.org.hibernate=warn

xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">

<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j='http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/'>

    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">

        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">

            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n" />

        layout>

    appender>

    <appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender">

        <param name="file" value="${catalina.home}/logs/rejseportal.log" />

        <param name="DatePattern" value="'.'yyyy-MM-dd" />

        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">

            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="[%t] %d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %l - %m%n" />

        layout>

    appender>

    

    <logger name="as.moes">

        <level value="DEBUG" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

    <logger name="org.codehaus.groovy">

        <level value="WARN" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

    <logger name="org.springframework">

        <level value="WARN" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

    <logger name="grails.util.GrailsUtil">

        <level value="WARN" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

    <logger name="grails">

        <level value="WARN" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

    <logger name="org.hibernate">

        <level value="WARN" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

    <logger name="waffle">

        <level value="WARN" />

        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />

    logger>

log4j:configuration>