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file location - windows vista
I have an application using log4j and in the past I have just specified: log4j.appender.file.File=logfilename.log
This would create the file in the location where the java app was launched. This was in C:\program files\MyApp\logfilename.log
But windows vista doesn't seem to allow my program to write anywhere in c:\program files. I assume that log file is not being written at all now because of these permissions. Correct?
I guess my solution is to write the log file to a folder in the user's home directory. Is there a way to auto specify the user's home directory without hard coding it?
thanks
-ryan
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RE: file location - windows vista
Posted by epic winter <ep...@hotmail.com>.
Thanks you guys I got it.
> From: carnold@apache.org
> Subject: Re: file location - windows vista
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:47:11 -0600
> To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:55 AM, James A. N. Stauffer wrote:
>
> > With an XML config you can access system properties like ${user.home$
> > }/logfilename.log
> >
>
>
> I don't think the trailing $ is necessary and would expect that would
> actually break things, but I'm not sure. System property
> substitution also works with the property configurator. See the JDK
> documentation for System.getProperties() (http://java.sun.com/javase/
> 6/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties()) for a list of
> always available system properties. Using ${java.io.tmpdir} would
> also be an option.
>
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Re: file location - windows vista
Posted by "James A. N. Stauffer" <st...@gmail.com>.
That was a typo on my part. It should have been ${user.home
}/logfilename.log
On Nov 13, 2007 11:47 AM, Curt Arnold <ca...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:55 AM, James A. N. Stauffer wrote:
>
> > With an XML config you can access system properties like ${user.home$
> > }/logfilename.log
> >
>
>
> I don't think the trailing $ is necessary and would expect that would
> actually break things, but I'm not sure. System property
> substitution also works with the property configurator. See the JDK
> documentation for System.getProperties() (http://java.sun.com/javase/
> 6/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties()) for a list of
> always available system properties. Using ${java.io.tmpdir} would
> also be an option.
>
>
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Re: file location - windows vista
Posted by Curt Arnold <ca...@apache.org>.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:55 AM, James A. N. Stauffer wrote:
> With an XML config you can access system properties like ${user.home$
> }/logfilename.log
>
I don't think the trailing $ is necessary and would expect that would
actually break things, but I'm not sure. System property
substitution also works with the property configurator. See the JDK
documentation for System.getProperties() (http://java.sun.com/javase/
6/docs/api/java/lang/System.html#getProperties()) for a list of
always available system properties. Using ${java.io.tmpdir} would
also be an option.
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Re: file location - windows vista
Posted by "James A. N. Stauffer" <st...@gmail.com>.
With an XML config you can access system properties like ${user.home$
}/logfilename.log
On Nov 12, 2007 2:42 PM, epic winter <ep...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have an application using log4j and in the past I have just specified:
> log4j.appender.file.File=logfilename.log
>
> This would create the file in the location where the java app was
> launched. This was in C:\program files\MyApp\logfilename.log
>
> But windows vista doesn't seem to allow my program to write anywhere in
> c:\program files. I assume that log file is not being written at all now
> because of these permissions. Correct?
>
> I guess my solution is to write the log file to a folder in the user's
> home directory. Is there a way to auto specify the user's home directory
> without hard coding it?
>
> thanks
> -ryan
>
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