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+/**
+ * run this, then "ab -c 10 -n 100 localhost:4444/" to test (in
+ * another shell)
+ */
+var log4js = require('../lib/log4js');
+log4js.configure({
+      appenders: [
+        { type: 'file', filename: 'cheese.log', category: 'cheese' },
+        { type: 'console'}
+  ]
+});
+
+var logger = log4js.getLogger('cheese');
+logger.setLevel('INFO');
+
+var http=require('http');
+
+var server = http.createServer(function(request, response){
+    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+    var rd = Math.random() * 50;
+    logger.info("hello " + rd);
+    response.write('hello ');
+    if (Math.floor(rd) == 30){
+        log4js.shutdown(function() { process.exit(1); });
+    }
+    response.end();
+}).listen(4444);