Yes, I agree. I changed the file name in the default tomcat appender to be called tomcat and the one in the log4j file in the classes is called cfcc which makes more sense as that is the web applications context name.
I'll keep plugging at it. I really thank you for your help. -Joleen On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Joleen, > > On 3/8/16 11:44 AM, Joleen Barker wrote: > > Hello Christopher, > > > > I thank you for your comments. I had changed the swallowOutput=true > > back when I changed the default tomcat logging to use the log4j > > properties files. I did rename the cfcc log I had to read tomcat > > and it comes up and captures the starting/stopping details but > > that's about it. There were a few other things but not many. I am > > not sure if you saw the 3rd log4j.properties set of details I > > placed in the email I sent with my configs. That held the changes I > > made to the vendors log4j. I left the CFCC appender in the classes > > log4j and changed the "stdout" to read CFCC and any logging that > > said "stdout" changed to CFCC. > > > > It was my hope that all the messages written would then go to my > > cfcc log but they didn't. I did see a few regarding SSH connections > > but that was all. The others are still going to the catalina.out. > > Remember that having two appenders to the same file is likely to cause > a problem. Especially if they are from two separate log4j.properties > files. > > You'll likely get two components opening the same file for writing. > Last one wins, and you'll get zero errors. > > > I will continue to work on this and test. > > > > If there is anything you think of and want to send it my way to try > > I will try it right away. > > > > I know that was very boring to read all that I posted. I thank > > everyone for their time. If I make progress and find the missing > > link I will send the results. > > Good luck. This stuff isn't always easy. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlbfA2AACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PAATgCfRXXiwJk8AeeVycCZsAHJjTKu > uxIAmwWGQ180VdoFPxaadS33kik9xoe2 > =h5HR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >