How can I split logs by log level/priority

Question

I know that logs have the following levels from lowest to highest:

1. DEBUG
2. INFO
3. WARN
4. ERROR
5. FATAL

And that the <priority> of each log sets the minimum log level for messages that will be written to the log, i.e. only messages at that level or higher will be written to the log.

A while back, I worked on a project for a client in which the previous agency split each of the CM logs into three:

• Detail.{logName}.txt     (DEBUG, INFO)
• Warn.{logName}.txt     (WARN)
• Error.{logName}.txt     (ERROR, FATAL)

I can't seem to find the project in my archives, and as far as I can tell, there doesn't appear to be a way to set both a "maximum priority" for logs, natively, though this would be great for debugging.

I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so does any one know if I'm missing something simple? Thanks!

Answer 1

In log4net you can use a filter on the level in your appender like this:

<threshold value="DEBUG"/>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
  <levelMin value="DEBUG" />
  <levelMax value="INFO" />
</filter>

Not sure whether the syntax in Sitecore will be the same as I didn't test it. The threshold value specifies that all messages below the indicated level are ignored by this fileAppender - not sure that you need this on top of the filter but that is how I read it should be done.

Using this, you could create all the appenders you need based on the levels you want, and add multiple appenders to the loggers you want to split and have splitted log files.

Answer 2

If it is just dev machine, I use SIM Log analyzer