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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><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></div></body></html>