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Posted to log4j-user@logging.apache.org by Ron Grabowski <ro...@yahoo.com> on 2005/07/21 22:44:48 UTC

Why does the FileAppender create a zero byte file when logger is set to OFF?

When I set my root logger to OFF:

 <root>
  <level value="OFF" />
  <appender-ref ref="FileAppender" />
 </root>

A zero byte output file for my FileAppender appender is still created.
Why is this? I would expect no file to be created.

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Re: Why does the FileAppender create a zero byte file when logger is set to OFF?

Posted by Ron Grabowski <ro...@yahoo.com>.
Sorry...wrong list!

--- Ron Grabowski <ro...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> When I set my root logger to OFF:
> 
>  <root>
>   <level value="OFF" />
>   <appender-ref ref="FileAppender" />
>  </root>
> 
> A zero byte output file for my FileAppender appender is still
> created.
> Why is this? I would expect no file to be created.

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