Is there a way to write log4j logging events to a log file that is also being written to by other applications. The other applications could be non-java applications. What are the drawbacks? Locking issues? Formatting?
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Is there a way to write log4j logging events to a log file that is also being written to by other applications. The other applications could be non-java applications. What are the drawbacks? Locking issues? Formatting?
Log4j has a SocketAppender, which will send events to a service, which you can implement yourself or use the simple implementation bundled with Log4j.
It also supports syslogd and the Windows event log, which may be useful in trying to unify your log output with events from non-Java applications.
If performance is an issue at all, you want a single service writing the log file, rather than trying to coordinate a consistent locking strategy among diverse logging applications.