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Posted to log4j-user@logging.apache.org by Dirk Ulrich <Di...@gmx.de> on 2006/02/01 10:05:37 UTC
Defining the path for my logfiles
Hello.
The sources of my current development dir is D:\projects\SPI\java\src and I
am using log4j to log the app's messages. In the log4.properites file I have
defined several Appenders and I wonder why the following happens:
log4j.appender.SPEventAppender.file=\logs\SPEventLogfile.log --> results in
storing the logfiles in D:\projects\SPI\java\src\SPEventLogfile.log
log4j.appender.SPAppender.file=/logs/SPLogfile.log --> results in storing
the logifles in D:\logs\SPLogfile.log
log4j.appender.DMAspectAppender.file=\logs\DMAspectLogfile.log --> results
in storing the logfiles in D:\projects\SPI\java\src\DMAspectLogfile.log
log4j.appender.DMAppender.file=logs\DMLogfile.log --> results in storing the
logfiles in D:\projects\SPI\java\src\DMLogfile.log
Is it possible to provide a path for my RollingfileAppender's logfiles
relative to my application's install dir? For instance related to my app's
directory: D:\projects\SPI\java\src I want to store the logfiles in
D:\projects\SPI\java\src\logs\*.log (or anywhere else) using relative paths
rather than absolute paths.
Thank you,
Dirk
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Re: Defining the path for my logfiles
Posted by Jacob Kjome <ho...@visi.com>.
Quoting Dirk Ulrich <Di...@gmx.de>:
> Hello.
>
> The sources of my current development dir is D:\projects\SPI\java\src and I
> am using log4j to log the app's messages. In the log4.properites file I have
> defined several Appenders and I wonder why the following happens:
>
> log4j.appender.SPEventAppender.file=\logs\SPEventLogfile.log --> results in
> storing the logfiles in D:\projects\SPI\java\src\SPEventLogfile.log
>
I'm not sure about the specific issue, but if you define backlashes in your
path, you need to escape them. For instance, the following are equivalent...
\\logs\\mylog.log
/logs/mylog.log
Both will give you a path based off the root of the filesystem. On windows, it
would be whatever drive that the java command was run from. Now, if you want a
relative path, you could define it as...
.\\logs\\mylog.log
./logs/mylog.log
Both of these will be relative to the directory where the java command was run.
It would behoove you to use the single forward slashes rather than the double
backslshes since the backslashes tie you to windows. Forward slashes will work
on both Windows and Unix.
More below...
> log4j.appender.SPAppender.file=/logs/SPLogfile.log --> results in storing
> the logifles in D:\logs\SPLogfile.log
>
> log4j.appender.DMAspectAppender.file=\logs\DMAspectLogfile.log --> results
> in storing the logfiles in D:\projects\SPI\java\src\DMAspectLogfile.log
>
> log4j.appender.DMAppender.file=logs\DMLogfile.log --> results in storing the
> logfiles in D:\projects\SPI\java\src\DMLogfile.log
>
> Is it possible to provide a path for my RollingfileAppender's logfiles
> relative to my application's install dir? For instance related to my app's
> directory: D:\projects\SPI\java\src I want to store the logfiles in
> D:\projects\SPI\java\src\logs\*.log (or anywhere else) using relative paths
> rather than absolute paths.
>
Yes, run your java command from the install dir. All relative paths, such as
"./logs/mylog.log" will be relative to that directory.
Jake
> Thank you,
> Dirk
>
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