Log4j appenders don't create directories. An appender that I ahve written does create directories or you could create your own appender.
http://stauffer.james.googlepages.com/DateFormatFileAppender.java On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Sairam Krishnamurthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to use log4j for my application. I am new to log4j and at first I > created a new application to get familiar with log4j. The following is the > appender's properties in log4j.property file. > > log4j.appender.A2=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender > log4j.appender.A2.File=c:/demo1/demo2/app.log > log4j.appender.A2=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender > # Append to the end of the file or overwrites the file at start. > log4j.appender.A2.Append=true > log4j.appender.A2.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.A2.layout.ConversionPattern=[%5p] %d{mm:ss} > (%F:%M:%L)%n%m%n%n > > A2 is the logger appender i use. I dint have demo1/demo2 folder in C:. When > i used this log4j configuration in my sample application it was a success > with demo1/demo2 folder created by log4j. > > But when i tried to use the same configuration in my application it gives > the following error. > > log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed. > java.io.FileNotFoundException: test\app.log (The system cannot find the > path specified) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:282) > at > org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.setFile(RollingFileAppender.java:165) > at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:161) > at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:256) > at > org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:132) > at > org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:96) > at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator > > Also when i changed the filename = "app.log" with no folder name, the log > file is creating in my source folder. So the problem was with the creation > of directory. > > Can somebody help me in this? > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > ================================== > Sairam Krishnamurthy > Engineer-Platform > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: +91-44-45544660 > +91-80-41810800 > +91-9840194528 > +91-9916420081 > +1-650-204-9766 > IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Address > Diamond Business Park, > First Floor, > 17 A Kalakshetra Road, > Tiruvanmiyur, > Chennai - 600 041. > ================================== > == -- James A. N. Stauffer http://www.geocities.com/stauffer_james/ Are you good? Take the test at http://www.livingwaters.com/good/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
