i think it is "catalina.base"
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:41 PM, abhishek reddy <abhishek.c1...@gmail.com>wrote:
> thanks for the reply.....
>
> How to retrieve the tomcat base path?
>
> I have tried this way System.getProperty("tomcat.base");............the
> value is comming as null
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Caldarale, Charles R <
> chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote:
>
>> > From: abhishek reddy [mailto:abhishek.c1...@gmail.com]
>> > Subject: Regarding log4J creating logs in tomcat logs folder using
>> > FileAppender
>> >
>> > but the log files are created under tomcat bin folder
>>
>> Because you're using a relative path, which should be avoided, since you
>> have no control over it. You can retrieve the Tomcat base path from the
>> system property tomcat.base; Tomcat logs are normally in the logs directory
>> under tomcat.base.
>>
>> > Also let me know how to create a folder under tomcat logs folder.....
>>
>> This is a Java, not Tomcat question; use java.io.File.mkdir(), or do it
>> from a command line shell. Note that hard-coding a backslash as a file
>> separator makes your code non-portable.
>>
>> - Chuck
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