[LOG4J2-1490] Log4j2 is creating empty log files.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.7
• Component/s: Appenders
• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Krzysztof Taborski
• Created: 02/Aug/16 07:58
• Updated: 12/Sep/16 00:02
• Resolved: 23/Aug/16 22:39

Description

I've started migration from logback and found out one quite annoying issue: since I often change logDirectory for FileAppenders I'm getting a lot of empty log files.
As far as I know log4j2 is creating file (according to FileAppender) even if there is no output. Maybe such feature should be parametrized?