title: How can I tell tomcat (within eclipse) to make the log file a rolling log file?
body: <p>There was a great question/answer on setting up tomcat (within eclipse) to write log files to disk (see answer by @codesta):
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2233053/where-can-i-view-tomcat-log-files-in-eclipse">Where can I view Tomcat log files in Eclipse?</a></p>
  
  <p>Through the Edit Launch Configuration Properties wizard in eclipse I can specify which file to write my logs to. However, since it is a single file, it gets overwritten every time the server restarts. I already have access to the current log through the console in eclipse, but is there a way to make this a rolling file so that I can have history?</p>
  
  <p>I have played around with only specifying a directory in the file path, but then no logs are written out.</p>