Marco, Let's start one problem at a time. Here is a simple config file. Try using it and see how it goes. Will build up from there. <configuration debug="true"> <appender name="ROOT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender" > <file>traces/MyApp</file> <append>false</append> <!-- admit only ERROR messages in this appender --> <!-- <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter"> <level>error</level> </filter> --> <layout> <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss},%p,%c,%F,%C{1} %m%n</pattern> </layout> </appender> <root level="DEBUG"> <appender-ref ref="ROOT"/> </root> </configuration> If you can run the above correctly, we'll add more functionality one step at a time. Marco Bresciani wrote:

Hello all, I've just began using Logback and it is sooo good! :-) I'm still a newbie so for my attempts I'm using the online wizard and then trying to adapting and customizing it by hand, when needed, in order to find the correct configuration for my needs (many packages, many classes, different needs and logs levels, ...).

I've reached a sort of nirvana by simply using the wizard without any customization and no other "strange things". I've read the manual again and again but I'm still having some problems, anyway. :-( (I'm going to feel the dark side of the newbies...) Could anyone please help? (At the end of the email, an example logback.xml I've made with the wizard)

1. I've tried to use HTML file format, even with a very simple/basic configuration, but no output has been produced;

2. I'm getting crazy trying to have a customizable/variable file name. If two instances of my application run; I need to have two logs. I.e.: first instance being ran at 10.30, second instance being ran at 11.04 then the log files should be something like logs/MyApp@10.30.45.log and logs/MyApp@11.04.32.log. I really need this and I'm getting crazy... Please help!

3. I'm still having a bit of troubles in splitting the logs of specific parts or packages or sub-applications, through different log files. I.e.: logs/MyApp@10.30.45.log and logs/MyApp_SpecialPackage@10.30.46.log and so on. Is the XML made by the wizard correct?

Really really thanks in advance for any help anyone could give me,

Marco

This is an example of what I've done... many attempts...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <appender class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender" name="my.special.package.logger.thingFileAppender"> <file>traces/SpecialPackage</file> <append>true</append> <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter"> <level>error</level> </filter> <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout"> <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss},%p,%c,%t,%C{1},%M %m%n</pattern> </layout> </appender> <appender class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender" name="RootFileAppender"> <file>traces/MyApp</file> <append>false</append> <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter"> <level>error</level> </filter> <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout"> <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss},%p,%c,%F,%C{1} %m%n</pattern> </layout> </appender> <logger additivity="false" name="my.special.package.logger.thing"> <level value="error"/> <appender-ref ref="my.special.package.logger.thingFileAppender"/> </logger> <root> <level value="debug"/> <appender-ref ref="RootFileAppender"/> </root> </configuration>

------------------------------------------------------------------------

_______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list Logback-user@qos.ch http://qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user

-- Ceki Gülcü Logback: The reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework for Java. http://logback.qos.ch