[#LOGCXX-22] Backslashes in filenames in XML config of FileAppender broken

Log4cxx

Backslashes in filenames in XML config of FileAppender broken

Created: 09/Oct/04 02:12 PM Updated: 11/Feb/05 11:49 AM

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Component/s:

Appender

Affects Version/s:

0.9.7

Fix Version/s:

0.10.0

Time Tracking:

Not Specified

Resolution Date:

11/Feb/05 10:18 AM

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Backslashes in filenames in XML config files for FileAppenders are treated as escape characters which I thinkm but haven't confirmed, is inconsistent with log4j. Using forward slashes or double backslashes can work around the problem, but the double backslashes will no longer work after the problem is resolved.

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Curt Arnold added a comment - 09/Feb/05 02:32 AM

The CVS HEAD also appears to have an issue if a drive designator other the the current default drive is used in the filespec.

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Curt Arnold added a comment - 11/Feb/05 10:18 AM

Related log4j bug: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33485

With the 10 Feb 2005 patch, log4cxx no longer treats \ as a special character in XML configuration files. Two compensations were added to preserve compatibility with existing configurations, FileAppender::setOption will eliminate double backslashes from any specified file name and PatternLayout::setOption will process patterns with OptionConverter::convertSpecialCharacters.

With the patch, log4cxx's behavior is no longer compatible with log4j, but hopefully log4j will come into synch.

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Curt Arnold added a comment - 11/Feb/05 11:49 AM

Actual log4j bug: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22894