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Asked: 2026-05-15T22:03:37+00:00

Is it possible to compress log files (I doing it via RollingFileAppender )?

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Is it possible to compress log files (I doing it via RollingFileAppender )?

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    log4j extras has support for that.
    Just add the following to your RollingFileAppender configuration and have the filename end in .gz to automagically compress your log files:

    <appender...>
    <rollingPolicy class="org.apache.log4j.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
      <param name="FileNamePattern" value="/wombat/foo.%d{yyyy-MM}.gz"/>
    </rollingPolicy>
</appender>

    For more details check the Javadoc

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