-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bart,
On 12/5/2009 7:55 AM, Bart Vandewoestyne wrote: >>> log4j.appender.myAppender.File=testbart.log >> >> I would have done: >> log4j.appender.myAppender.File=/var/log/tomcat/mywebapp.log >> >> Make sure that the user running Tomcat has rights to write to that >> file/directory. > > OK. I also figured out that it works if i specify the absolute > path /var/log/tomcat/mywebapp.log > > I thought that if i only specify the filename, by default it > would arrive in /var/log/tomcat/ but apparently this is not the > case. Why would you think that the file would magically appear in /var/log/tomcat? There is no default log file location for log4j, nor for any logging mechanism that I know of. The best you could hope for is the current working directory of the process, which could be anything. It's always best to fully-specify path names. > Anyway, my problem seems solved. All i have to do now is continue > reading the Log4J docs to better understand and configure my > logging :-) Enjoy! - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksec9MACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDXMgCeNOq1OiKDb+r+6EenGHwZ1M8m WiIAoKDCdo3ZBhqIQIVGcsP2/nhVQzYs =h4Tp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
