Create a Jira issue. If you could actually create a patch the likelihood that it will get solved sooner is much higher.
Ralhp > On Jun 9, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Adam Retter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay thanks Ralph, > > How would I go about getting such a change submitted to the project? > > On 9 June 2015 at 22:36, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: >> There is nothing now but I would imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult to add >> a variable that contains the base url or path of the configuration file in >> use. >> >> Ralph >> >>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Adam Retter <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Is it somehow possible to specify that the log4j2 log files should be >>> written somewhere relative to the configuration file? >>> >>> For example my config file is here - /somewhere/my-app/logj2.xml >>> >>> I would like to ensure that regardless of which folder my application >>> is started from then my log files are always written to - >>> /somewhere/my-app/var/log >>> >>> My log4j2.xml has something like this - >>> >>> <RollingRandomAccessFile name="my-app" >>> filePattern="var/log/my-app.log.gz" fileName="var/log/my-app.log"> >>> <Policies> >>> <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="10MB"/> >>> </Policies> >>> <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="14"/> >>> <PatternLayout pattern="%d [%t] %-5p (%F [%M]:%L) - %m %n"/> >>> </RollingRandomAccessFile> >>> >>> However, var/log/my-app.log is always written relative to the folder >>> where my-app is started from and not relative to where the config file >>> is. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -- >>> Adam Retter >>> >>> skype: adam.retter >>> tweet: adamretter >>> http://www.adamretter.org.uk >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > > -- > Adam Retter > > skype: adam.retter > tweet: adamretter > http://www.adamretter.org.uk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
