The ".configuration" name is a system property, see the -D JVM option.
It points to a file name. The ".property" name is a file name.
Gary
On Jan 4, 2013, at 6:19, Shitian Long wrote:
> Hello
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> I am wondering what is the different between "log4j.configuration" and
> "log4j.properties".
> According to the book "Pro Apache Log4j Second Edition"
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> 1: The LogManager class looks for the system property log4j.configuration.
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> 2: If the log4j.configuration property is not defined, then it tries to look
> for a resource named log4j.properties/log4j.xml in the application class path.
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> From my understanding " log4j.configuration" is a properties plain text file,
> only different with log4j.properties is extensions. My question is what is
> the purpose of check log4j.configuration first.
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> Thanks
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