Joe,
You will have to specify the path as
\\<Tomcat_Home>\\webapps\MyApp\\arachneTest.log. This should work.
Ranjini
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Polanik [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 4:02 PM
> To: Log4J Users List
> Subject: Can I do this with PropertyConfigurator?
>
> I'm using an initialization servlet with the following lines in the init()
>
> method:
>
> String logFile = config.getInitParameter("logPath");
> String prefix = getServletContext().getRealPath("/");
> System.out.println("prefix: " + prefix);
> if (logFile != null) {
> PropertyConfigurator.configure(prefix + "WEB-INF\\classes\\"
> +
> logFile);
> }
>
> In web.xml the init parameter is defined as log4j.properties.
>
> The servlet reads log4j.properties where it finds the following:
>
> log4j.rootCategory=debug, R
> log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
> log4j.appender.R.File=arachneTest.log
> log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
> log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
>
> The problem (as I see it) is that the output log ends up in
> <Tomcat_Home>\bin, whereas I'd like it to be in
> <Tomcat_Home>\webapps\MyApp
> (or some subdirectory of MyApp like 'log'). However any attempt to prepend
>
> the filename in log4j.properties with path information generates a File
> Not
> Found error.
>
> Can this be done? If so, How????
>
> Thanks in Advance for any ideas,
>
> Joseph Polanik
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe, e-mail:
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> For additional commands, e-mail:
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
