How to create an audit trail file and what is it ( pls see the code)

Question

All my System.out.println statements , should be printed in an audit file , instead of printing to a console .
How and where in the program , i should create a file and how should i write System.out.println statements output to it .
Pls help me with the code .
//Start the main method
     public static void main(String[] args){
          if(!(args.length == 3 || args.length == 4))
               System.out.println("Usage: java Load_data @baseyr @rateyr @caseID [@infile]");
               System.exit(1);
          String baseYr = args[0];
          String rateYr = args[1];
          String param3 = args[2];
          System.out.println("The base year is :"+baseYr);
          System.out.println("The rate year is :"+rateYr);
          if(param3.compareToIgnoreCase("max") == 0)
               caseID=25;
               System.out.println("The CaseID begins at :"+caseID);
          else if(param3.compareToIgnoreCase("one") == 0)
               System.out.println("Warning : I am assuming the CaseID as 1");
               //caseID=1;
          inFile = (args.length == 4) ? args[3] : "C\\UDS_YYYY.txt";     
        System.out.println("The Input file we are using is :"+inFile);
          goodOutFile = "C:/Documents and Settings/Desktop/Program/GOOD_LOAD.txt";
          badOutFile = "C:/Documents and Settings/Desktop/Program/BAD_LOAD.txt";
          inFormat = "C:/Documents and Settings/Desktop/Program/FORMAT.csv";
//Here I call the Load_data method.
          new Load_data();
          System.out.println("The number of records written to good O/P FIle :" +goodRecord);
          System.out.println("The number of records written to bad O/P FIle :" +badRecord);
          System.out.println("")
}

Answer 1

1sai wrote:
However, a better choice would be to use log4j which support rolling log files and more control over what output goes where in what format.
Can U pls explain this ,or where i can learn abt this .
Thank UTry clicking on the link BigDaddyLoveHandles provided you in the previous reply.
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