log4j: routing logs to multiple files based on log levels

Sample log4j.properties to route logs of same app to multiple files – one ideally less verbose that can be shared with customer/to know status quickly, the other one verbose/exhaustive.

Logging framework: Apache log4j 1.12.16

log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, logfile, detaillogfile

# less verbose log with a threshold of INFO
log4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.logfile.Threshold=INFO
log4j.appender.logfile.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd'.log'
log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %m 
log4j.appender.logfile.File=logs/mylogfile.log

# no threshold specified; so, all >debug logs go here
log4j.appender.detaillogfile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.detaillogfile.MaxFileSize=10MB
log4j.appender.detaillogfile.MaxBackupIndex=100
log4j.appender.detaillogfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.detaillogfile.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d|%p|%F|%L] %m %n
log4j.appender.detaillogfile.File=detaillogs/mydetaillogfile.log

This can be modified as per your requirements.

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