Log4j in a shared JVM application?

[Joe Polanik <jP...@cds.duke.edu>]

I have an application using JSP/servlets with a MySQL database. I develop 
on Windoze running Tomcat as local host, but deploy to a hosting service 
running Tomcat (shared JVM) on a linux platform (the 'public site'). I'm 
attempting to use log4j 1.1.3 for logging purposes.

The problem: Everything runs just fine on my machine but not on the public 
site. (How many times have you heard that one!?). On the public site the 
app works but fails to log anything. So I thought I'd ask for advice.

First, has anyone had problems using log4j in an app sitting in a shared JVM?

I'm using a log4j.properties file located in /WEB-INF/classes to create a 
Rolling File Appender. I'm wondering how to state the path to the log file 
(log/myLogFile.log) if config.getRealPath("/") gives /home/trionica but 
System.getProperty("user.dir") gives /<path to Tomcat>/.

Would I say /home/trionica/log/myLogFile.log or /<path to Tomcat>/<maybe 
something here>/log/myLogFile.log?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

jPolanik@cds.duke.edu



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