Assuming your configuration is still the same (root logger with appender "test") then the call
Appender ap = LogManager.getRootLogger().getAppender( "test"); should return your file appender "test". Doesn't it? If you call Logger.getLogger( "Test" ) you get a logger instance without any appenders attached. Since the additivity property of this logger is true, a log call to this logger will go up within the hierarchy and end up at the root logger which has the appender "test". Heri --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]