log4j in grails : how to log into file?

Question

I have this log4j configuration in my grails config.groovy

log4j = {
    error  \'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet\',  //  controllers
                   \         


        

Answer 1

just got answer from the grails' mailing list:

i just need to add

debug "grails.app"

bellow warn "org.mortbay.log"

case closed ! :)

Answer 2

please see Log4j: How to write to a specific appender?

After all the solution is to put the additivity setting to the package configuration:

info specialLog:'activityLog', additivity:false

Answer 3

I have exact the same jetty/tomcat env's. Spent hours to figure it out. The trick is to define the file location (a relative path in my case) as a global variable inside Config.groovy, customized it in the environment blocks, and use the variable location inside log4j closure. Sample code is at: http://denistek.blogspot.com/2010/02/grails-environment-specific-logging-to.html