If you do go the gzip on output route then watch out for http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4691425 .  It basically means that Java can't read gzip files that it built in an append style or that someone built like this:
gzip * > ~/dir_dump.gz

--Nik

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Franck Routier <franck.routier@axege.com> wrote:
Thanks for your quick answer.

Maybe I'll rather gzip my file once the appender is closed then...

Franck


Le mercredi 22 juillet 2009 à 13:19 +0200, Chad La Joie a écrit :
> The file appender only offers compression support when the log files are
> rotated.  I think you'll have to extend the appender if you want to
> compress while you write.  However, this could be dangerous as the
> appender may be closed out unexpectedly (e.g. if the VM is killed or
> stopped) which would could leave you with a corrupted archive.
>
> Franck Routier wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am programatically creating and using a FileAppender.
> > I would like it to gzip on the fly the resulting File. Is there a way to
> > do this, or do I have to extend and implement it by myself ?
> >
> > Franck
> >
> >
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