Logging server logs to one file and SQL logs to another

Question

I want to log all server related logs (like startup and shutdown) to one file and all Hibernate SQL related logs to a different file using Log4J. I am trying to filter all irrel

Answer 1

You can do that if you use two different appenders, as is shown in the following configuration file (XML): ¹

Using categories (category), you can easily configure the appender destination (appender-ref) and if you want to log in the default appenders (additivity="false").

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Notes

1. log4j look for the log4j.xml file automatically in the classpath of the application (the default package or resources directory)