Thanks, I think I know where my problem is. Must be a bad day for me. I just realized I have been assuming that the './' and '/' being the same thing.
And you can imagine my surprise when I saw where things went when I invoke the server within eclipse. I always thought the path is relative to whatever docBase is defined in server.xml under $TOMCAT_HOME/conf. Obviously it isn't... -----Original Message----- From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:49 PM To: Log4J Users List Subject: RE: Log output path problem Howdy, You're asking a number of questions in this one post. >This is weird. I had it working two hours ago with /web/WEB- >INF/logs/debug.log >as my output path. Now it's not working!!! I have to use the absolute path The above is an absolute path. It should work (provided you have permission to write to this directory). >make logging working for now. Also it seems that if I use the relative >path /web/debug.log or just debug.log, things worke fine, but that's not >where I want it to go to. I didn't say it wouldn't work: I said it would place the log file in a path relative to the current working directory of the server. As you've observed, this is not the desired behavior. >Could the same server invoke things differently? Man, what's the deal with Depends on the server. More likely, you started the server from different directories. >setFile() anyway? Why it cannot create the path dirs if the path doesn't >exist? That's beyond the purview of log4j. The user is responsible for configuration including the creation of directories. It is both common and recommended to run Java with a security manager with specific write permissions to the log file only, not anywhere else. Yoav Shapira > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:44 AM >To: Log4J Users List >Subject: RE: Log output path problem > > > >Howdy, >You need to specify the absolute path or use an environment variable, >such as one set to the server's home. Your current specification is >relative to the current working directory of the server, which varies >depending on how the server is invoked. > >Yoav Shapira >Millennium ChemInformatics > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Yansheng Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:40 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Log output path problem >> >> >>Hi, I want my log output to go to /WEB-INF/logs/ as specified in my >>log4j.properties >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- - >- >>log4j.rootLogger=debug, stdout, ROOT_APPENDER >>log4j.appender.ROOT_APPENDER=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender >>log4j.appender.ROOT_APPENDER.DatePattern='.'yyyy-MM-dd >>log4j.appender.ROOT_APPENDER.File=WEB-INF/logs/debug.log >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- - >- >> >>But I am getting the following error when I run a test program: >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- - >- >>log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed. >>java.io.FileNotFoundException: WEB-INF\logs\debug.log (The system >cannot >>find >>the path specified) >> at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method) >> at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:174) >> at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:102) >> at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:272) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:151) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.activateOptions(DailyRolling F >ileA >>ppend >>er.java:206) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:24 7 >) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.ja v >a:12 >>3) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.ja v >a:87 >>) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurat o >r.ja >>va:64 >>5) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurat o >r.ja >>va:60 >>3) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyCo n >figu >>rator >>.java:500) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator . >java >>:406) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator . >java >>:432) >> at >>org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConv e >rter >>.java >>:460) >> at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:113) >> at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:94) >> at Log4JTest.<clinit>(Log4JTest.java:21) >>log4j:ERROR Either File or DatePattern options are not set for appender >>[ROOT_APPENDER]. >> INFO [main] (Log4JTest.java:29) - Entering application. >>0 [main] INFO Log4JTest - Entering application. >>program executing >> INFO [main] (Log4JTest.java:31) - Exiting application. >>0 [main] INFO Log4JTest - Exiting application. >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- - >- >> >>The test program is: >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------- >>import org.apache.log4j.Logger; >>import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator; >> >>public class Log4JTest >>{ >> >> // Define a static logger variable so that it references the >> // Logger instance named "Log4JTest". >> static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Log4JTest.class); >> >> public static void main(String[] args) >> { >> >> // Set up a simple configuration that logs on the console. >> BasicConfigurator.configure(); >> >> logger.info("Entering application."); >> System.out.println("program executing"); >> logger.info("Exiting application."); >> } >>} >>------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >>PS. I don't get the above error if I specify the output path to be: >> log4j.appender.ROOT_APPENDER.File=debug.log >> Oh, I aslo tried: >> log4j.appender.ROOT_APPENDER.File=/WEB-INF/logs/debug.log >> But got same error. >> >>Thanks in advance! >> >>-Yan >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business >communication, and may contain information that is confidential, >proprietary >and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to >whom >it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used >by >anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately >delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. 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