Github user sansanichfb commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/pull/1291#discussion_r141683651 --- Diff: pxf/pxf-service/src/main/resources/pxf-log4j.properties --- @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ log4j.rootLogger=INFO, ROLLINGFILE log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender # use the same value directory as set for $PXF_LOGDIR -log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.File=/var/log/pxf/pxf-service.log +log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.File=$${env:$PXF_LOGDIR}/pxf-service.log --- End diff -- Log4j 2.x documentation suggests this way of reading environment var - $${env:USER}. Still testing though.
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