Receiver reference

File

Function: writes received messages to a file

Element name: file

Allowed attributes:

• formatid - format that will be used by this receiver
• path - path to the log file

Example:

<sealog>
    <outputs>
        <file path="log.log"/>
    </outputs>
</sealog>

Console

Function: writes received messages to std out

Element name: console

Allowed attributes:

• formatid - format that will be used by this receiver

Example:

<sealog>
    <outputs>
        <console/>
    </outputs>
</sealog>

Rolling file writer (or "Rotation file writer")

Function: writes received messages to a file, until date changes or file exceeds a specified limit. After that the current log file is renamed and writer starts to log into a new file. You can set a limit for such renamed files count, if you want, and then the rolling writer would delete older ones when the files count exceed the specified limit.

Element name: rollingfile

Allowed attributes:

• formatid - format that will be used by this receiver

• filename - path to the log file. On creation, this path is split into folder path and actual file name. The latter will be used as a common part for all files, that act in rolling:

  • In case of 'date' rolling, the file names will be formed this way:

     time.LocalTime().Format(rollFileWriter.datePattern)+" "+rollFileWriter.fileName)

  • In case of 'size' rolling, the file names will be formed this way: "filename.roll#". For example: app.log, app.log.1, app.log.2, app.log.3, ...

• type - rotation type: by date or by size

Example:

<sealog>
    <outputs>
        <file path="log.log"/>
    </outputs>
</sealog>