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Asked: 2026-05-12T07:15:34+00:00

I have a legacy PSVM application which I’d like to redirect its logging output

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I have a legacy PSVM application which I’d like to redirect its logging output to unique files per execution. So, if I invoke it at 10:00, then have it redirect it’s output to {thread-id}-10:00.log; and another thread of execution may begin an execution at 10:01, and its output would go to {thread-id}-10:01.log. I understand that this is not elegant.

My questions are:

  • is this possible?
  • does someone have an idea of how to approach?
  • is it possible to release/destroy an appender when it’s no longer needed?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would start with FileAppender and derive from that to create your own. Simply modify your version to get the current thread id and append a suitable thread-id/timestamp to the file prior to creation. You would maintain (say) a map of (buffered) FileWriters keyed on thread id.

    Writing appenders is quite trivial – here’s a Javaworld guide on how to do it.

    In the above, is it at all likely that your program will start up twice in one minute ? Would you want to append a process id or similar to maintain uniqueness ?

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