Log4j2 saves to an old dated log file

Asked Mar 23 '18 at 13:20

Active Mar 24 '18 at 19:34

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My log4j2.xml looks like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Configuration>
<Appenders>
    <File name="CatalinaLog" fileName="${sys:catalina.base}/logs/catalina.${date:yyyy-MM-dd}.log" immediateFlush="true" append="true">
        <PatternLayout pattern="[TID=%X{TId}] %d{MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %c %M:%L %p: %m%n"/>
    </File>
</Appenders>
<Loggers>
    <Root level="DEBUG" >
        <AppenderRef ref="CatalinaLog" />
    </Root>
</Loggers>
</Configuration>

It works fine till next day when logs are added to previous dated log not the current dated log until Tomcat restart.

Example: yesterday was March 22 2018 today is March 23 2018

logs are still saved to catalina.2018-03-22.log instead of catalina.2018-03-23.log till Tomcat restart.

Any thoughts on that?

edited Mar 23 '18 at 13:25

asked Mar 23 '18 at 13:20

JackTheKnife

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you mean the default way of working to avoid log files getting to large? – Stultuske Mar 23 '18 at 13:23
@Stultuske No - I have updated OP with an example – JackTheKnife Mar 23 '18 at 13:25
Are you missing `DailyRollingFileAppender` in your properties file? – achAmháin Mar 23 '18 at 13:52
@notyou I had `RollingFile` appender before and ended up with other issue described in that question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49432150/log4j2-overwrites-past-day-log-file – JackTheKnife Mar 23 '18 at 14:10

Log4j2 saves to an old dated log file

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