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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Duncan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I overcame the hardcoding of filenames by storing them in the app config, like so:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In your MyApp.pm:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">__PACKAGE__->setup;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">__PACKAGE__->log( Log::Log4perl::Catalyst->new( __PACKAGE__->path_to(__PACKAGE__->config->{path_to_log4perl_conf})->stringify ) );<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Then in the main app config:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">path_to_log4perl_conf: 'Log4perl_prod.conf'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Log4Perl_filename: '/some/path/to/logfile.log'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Then in ./Log4perl_prod.conf (root of the Cat app):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.filename=sub { return MyApp->config->{Log4Perl_filename} }<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Anthony Gladdish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Duncan Garland [mailto:Duncan.Garland@motortrak.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2013 16:54<br>
<b>To:</b> catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Catalyst] Log::Log4perl::Catalyst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Has anybody got some examples about how to use this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It looks like you just have to put the following lines in the main package before __PACKAGE__->setup():<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">use Log::Log4perl::Catalyst;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">__PACKAGE__->log(Log::Log4perl::Catalyst->new('/path/to/log4perl.conf'));<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That works up to a point in that the log messages are formatted as I want. However they always go to the STDERR and not to the file given in log4perl.conf. I’ve used the conf file in a test, so I know it works outside Catalyst. I’m using
the Catalyst development server, does that over-ride the logger?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The other thing is that I don’t really want to hardcode the filename. It should be in the application’s conf file. However, if I just stick it in there as so:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <Log4perl><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> conf_file /var/www/mymercedesservice.co.uk/fcgi/catalyst/mbfl2/lib/mbfl2/log4perl.conf<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></Log4perl><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can’t access it via __PACKAGE__->config->{Log4perl}->{conf_file};<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">until after setup() has run.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does that matter?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Duncan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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