[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Lots of file I/O related to a file named logging.config

[Peter Judge]

That file contains configuration info for the application logging https://docs.progress.com/bundle/service-developer-guide/page/ABL-application-logging.html . The HTTP client and webhandlers all ask for a logger. The logger builder touches the logging.config file on each request, to see if it's changed. github.com/.../ConfigFileLoggerBuilder.cls is where that happens. The reason why it touches on each request (for a logger) is that the design allows for an admin to change the config while the system is running (no need to change code to change what's logged or where).

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