Hope u can help me with this. Could i have more than one configuration file with the same name but in different directories? That is, in two different directories, e.g. 1st configuration file /proj/proj100/projtest1/log.config log4j.categoryFactory=com.sns.util.logging.LoggerFactory log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG log4j.category.com.sns.util=WARN,A-UTIL log4j.appender.A-UTIL=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.A-UTIL.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A-UTIL.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c - %m%n log4j.appender.A-UTIL.File=/sns/infrastructure/base/logs/util.log log4j.appender.A-UTIL.MaxFileSize=100KB log4j.appender.A-UTIL.MaxBackupIndex=5 log4j.additivity.com.sns.util=false & 2nd configuration file /proj/proj100/projtest2/log.config log4j.categoryFactory=com.sns.util.logging.LoggerFactory log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG log4j.category.com.sns.base=WARN,A-BASE log4j.appender.A-BASE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.A-BASE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A-BASE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c - %m%n log4j.appender.A-BASE.File=/sns/infrastructure/base/logs/base.log log4j.appender.A-BASE.MaxFileSize=100KB log4j.appender.A-BASE.MaxBackupIndex=5 log4j.additivity.com.sns.base=false here is the program, package com.sns.base; import com.sns.util.logging.*; public class TestLogPrinter2 { static LogPrinter logs = LogPrinter.getInstance(TestLogPrinter2.class.getName(), "/proj/proj100/projtest1/log.config"); public TestLogPrinter2(){ } /** * There is a set of prioritized methods which can be used. * Here are they, debug, info, warn, error, and fatal */ public static void main(String[] args) { logs.debug("2DEBUG MESSAGE"); logs.info("2INFO MESSAGE"); logs.warn("2WARN MESSAGE"); logs.error("2ERROR MESSAGE"); logs.fatal("2Fatal MESSAGE"); } } If i run the above program, this, /sns/infrastructure/base/logs/util.log will be created with the messages. /sns/infrastructure/base/logs/base.log is also created with no message. why is this so? please advice! thanks & happy easter Derek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]