Hi Curt Thanks. does this work in an xml configuration file also? I could not get it to work so far.
thanks andy -----Original Message----- From: Curt Arnold [mailto:curt.ar...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Curt Arnold Sent: Mittwoch, 25. Mai 2011 05:56 To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: Set Root Log Level on command line You can specify a system property on the command line and expand it in the configuration. java -DrootLevel=INFO ... and in your configuration file do: log4j.rootLogger=${rootLevel} On May 23, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Andy Flury wrote: > Hi All > > > > Is there a way to set the root log level on the command line? > > > > We have an application that runs either in Simulation mode or in Live mode. > Depending on the mode, the log level needs to be debug or error. It > would be very inconvenient to have two different log4j config files, > because all other settings will be constant. > > > > thanks for your help > > andy flury > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
