Playframework does not log to file

Question

I keep receiving error messages like

This exception has been logged with id 6963fe42m

the default logging to the console is chopped off with the usual

... 10 more

but Play would not log to file with my application.conf containing:

%dev.application.log.path=./logs/log.txt
%dev.application.log.system.out=off

I'm running the app in dev mode.

Answer 1

1. %dev... in your app denote a "dev" id, not "dev" mode. So you need to run your app using play run --%dev

2. you can any how get the log file if you type play start. It will be default logged to logs/system.out