Try pulling out the: 
PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties")
line.

You shouldn't need it.
Just let log4j find it in your classes directory.


On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 20:14, Mufaddal Khumri wrote:
> I just did that. I have a WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties file with  
> the following:
> 
> # initialise root logger with level DEBUG and call it A1
> log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, A1
> # set the appender to be FileAppender
> log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
> # set set that layout to be SimpleLayout
> log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.SimpleLayout
> 
> I have this in the java code:
> Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Helper.class);
> PropertyConfigurator.configure("log4j.properties");
> 
> I get the following exception:
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: log4j.properties (No such file or  
> directory)
>       at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
>       at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:106)
>       at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:66)
>       at  
> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.j 
> ava:297)
>               
> 
> On Oct 28, 2004, at 4:56 PM, Ben Souther wrote:
> 
> > Log4j looks on your class path for a properties file
> > "log4j.properties".  If you put the file in WEB-INF/classes
> > it will find it.
> >
> > Here's a real simple example:
> > log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, dest1
> > log4j.appender.dest1=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
> > log4j.appender.dest1.file=/usr/local/tomcat/logs/myapp.log
> > log4j.appender.dest1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
> > log4j.appender.dest1.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p: %m%n
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 19:08, Mufaddal Khumri wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Am new to log4j. Am using Tomcat 5 and my webapp-myNiceWebApp is in
> >> Tomcat/webapps/myNiceWebApp
> >>
> >> I have a class that I have the following code in:
> >>
> >>            Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Helper.class);
> >>            SimpleLayout layout = new SimpleLayout();
> >>            
> >>            FileAppender appender = null;
> >>            try
> >>            {
> >>                    appender = new FileAppender(layout,"output1.txt",false);
> >>            }
> >>            catch(Exception e)
> >>            {
> >>                    e.printStackTrace();
> >>            }
> >>            
> >>            logger.addAppender(appender);
> >>            logger.setLevel((Level)Level.DEBUG);
> >>            
> >>            logger.debug("some message");
> >>
> >> Que 1. Where does the file output1.txt get created?
> >> Que 2. How does log4j know where to create it and can it be  
> >> controlled?
> >> Que 3. I am going to use a configuration file either use the
> >> DOMConfigurator or PropertyConfigurator to load the log4j properties.
> >> Where do i place this file log4j configuration file?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>    
> >
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