And if you add: -Dlog4j.debug=true to your vm params, you might have an output which helps you to identify your problem too
Cheers Christian 2011/2/24 Douglas E Wegscheid <douglas_e_wegsch...@whirlpool.com>: > and Jacob's other posting is also helpful: > > I quote: > > -Dlog4j.defaultInitOverride=true > -Dlog4j.configuration=file:/url/path/to/log4j.xml > > See more at... > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html#defaultInit > > ■ DOUGLAS E. WEGSCHEID // LEAD ENGINEER > (269) 923-5278 // douglas_e_wegsch...@whirlpool.com > "A wrong note played hesitatingly is a wrong note. A wrong note played > with conviction is interpretation." > > > > "Jacob Kjome" <h...@visi.com> > 02/24/2011 12:06 PM > Please respond to > "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> > > > To > "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> > cc > > Subject > Re: xml config > > > > > > > > "I place the xml file in my dist folder but it just does not work." > > Is your "dist" folder in the running application's classpath? If not, > then > you can't expect it to possibly get picked up. > > 1. Log4j looks for config files in the default package. For instance, in > a > webapp, this might be "WEB-INF/classes". Or, it could be the root > directory > of a jar file. As long as it isn't in a named package like > "com.mycompany", > then you are golden. If you place the directory "/path/to/my/app" in the > classpath, then you would place your config file in the directory > "/path/to/my/app". > > 2. Log4j look for 2 different types of config files: XML files and > Properties > files. Because there are 2 possibilities, it has to prefer one over the > other. That is, it looks for one type and, if it doesn't find it, then > looks > for the other. Log4j prefers XML files over Properties files. That is, > if > log4j.xml is found, it doesn't bother looking for log4j.properties. > However, > if log4j.xml is not found, then it looks for log4j.properties. If you > have > both in the classpath, only log4j.xml will be used. In order to use > log4j.properties, ensure that log4j.xml is NOT in the classpath. > > 3. Just to emphasize the points in #1, your config file HAS to be in a > directory or jar file that is in the running application's classpath. If > it > is not, then it won't be found by Log4j. And if it is not in the default > package, it also won't be found. > > > Jake > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:38:38 -0500 > Bobby Richards <bobby.richa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I guess I just do not understand log4j very well. I have spent the >> past two days searching and reading the mailing list but just cannot >> come up with an answer. >> >> I am using Netbeans for development and I cannot understand where to >> put my log4j.xml file, nor can I seem to figure out the concept. >> >> I have created the simplest project, I have tried the Properties >> loader but from what I have read it seems that log4j looks for the >> log4j.xml file: >> >> public class Main { >> static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Main.class); >> static Properties properties = new Properties(); >> static FileInputStream fis; >> /** >> * @param args the command line arguments >> */ >> public static void main(String[] args) { >> >> logger.info("info"); >> logger.debug("debug"); >> logger.warn("warn"); >> } >> } >> >> I added log4j.xml into the src folder: >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> >> <!-- >> Document : logging.xml >> Created on : February 23, 2011, 12:34 PM >> Author : bobby >> Description: >> Purpose of the document follows. >> --> >> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> >> <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> >> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> >> <param name="ConversionPattern" > value="%d{ABSOLUTE} >>%5p >> %c{1}:%L - %m%n"/> >> </layout> >> </appender> >> <appender name="file" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender"> >> <param name="File" value="/home/bobby/test.log"/> >> <param name="Append" value="false"/> >> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> >> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%t >> %-5p %c{2} - %m%n"/> >> </layout> >> </appender> >> <root> >> <priority value="info"/> >> <appender-ref ref="console"/> >> </root> >> </log4j:configuration> >> >> I can only seem to get this to act properly when I "clean and build". >> Which makes no sense to me, the whole point of a config file is to >> change before run, but I am only getting the desired result if the >> code is essentially burned in. >> >>Further more, when I try to distribute my jar I place the xml file in >> my dist folder but it just does not work. >> >> At this point I am just beyond frustration, any help would be >> appreciated. 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