OK, I still get the same error, perhaps the error is in how i am using the entity, though i have tried with/without quotes, brace bracets, etc. This is what i have done:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration [<!ENTITY logpath "/home/stan/logfiles/presenceClient.txt">]> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> <appender name="presenceClientFileAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender"> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> </layout> </appender> stan.forums wrote: > > Hi all, > > I wish to declare a local variable inside my xml configuration file, and > then later on i wish to access that variable. The reason being that i > declare many appenders in one config file. When i wish to change the path > to the log file in the appender, idon't want to have to edit each appender > separately, i would like to have a declared logpath variable at the top of > the config file and then just have to edit that one variable definition > and then all of the appenders will have the correct new path > automagically. > > thanks > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Local-variable-in-XML-configuration-file-tp30454810p30496956.html Sent from the Log4cxx - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
