File Appender Settings


 

Option

Description

Default

Log level

The log level defines the threshold for log messages that are written to the file system. Only log messages with at least the chosen log level are written. The possible log levels are: INFO, DEBUG, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL.

INFO

Pattern

The pattern defines the general layout of file log messages that are generated by the CSS. For a description of pattern symbols, please click here.

%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%t] %c: %m%n

Log file

The target file the log messages are written to. This path is relative to the CSS installation directory.

logs/event.log

Backup index

If the log file exceeds the size of 500KB, a new log file is created and the old one is archived by appending an running backup index. This options defines how many backup files should be kept.

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