You are not the only one frustrated by the state of log4j documentation. If you persevere, the Introduction section "Configuration" does sort of explain things, although as noted it does so mainly from the programmer's point of view. The section "Default Initialization" discusses how the configuration is found.
Digging in a little, there is somewhat more complete configuration documentation in the Javadoc: http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/index.html Scroll down (and down and down) through org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator to the method doConfigure(String,LoggerRepository) and you will find a bit of discussion of configuration syntax and semantics. Apparently, if you fetch the source kit and unpack it, there are further examples included. "Read The Fine Manuals" is certainly good advice, but log4j is a poor example. It's a shame that the package is in such a poor state, because it has a number of clever and useful features which are rarely mentioned. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he means the exact opposite.
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