server.log created even after removing default periodic-rotating-file-handler FILE handler

Issue

• We took a fresh copy of EAP 6.x/7.x and unzipped for the first time use.

• There is no log directory in a fresh copy, we removed the below entries from standalone.xml file.

• periodic-rotating-file-handler named as FILE was removed along with its respective entry from the root logger.

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 <periodic-rotating-file-handler name="FILE" autoflush="true">
                <formatter>
                    <named-formatter name="PATTERN"/>
                </formatter>
                <file relative-to="jboss.server.log.dir" path="server.log"/>
                <suffix value=".yyyy-MM-dd"/>
                <append value="true"/>
            </periodic-rotating-file-handler>
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    <handler name="FILE"/>
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• We started Jboss EAP instance using standalone.sh script and checked the log directory, the server.log file was created on the first iteration.

• However, when we stopped the Jboss process and started again (deleted the logs directory before second restart), the server.log wasn't created anymore.