Hi, I'm new to Log4J and I really like so far... However, I'm having problems setting up a simple logging in the following manner: I need to be able to log to the console and to a file: log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender log4j.appender.CONSOLE.File=System.out log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%-5p %c{1} %3x - %m%n log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.FILE.File=../log/output.log log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.FILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %3x - %m%n log4j.appender.FILE.MaxFileSize=10MB log4j.appender.FILE.Append=false log4j.appender.FILE.MaxBackupIndex=1 With a rootCategory like: log4j.rootCategory=INFO, FILE, CONSOLE that works ok! My problem is that I would like to be able to have logging to the console at priority INFO and logging to the FILE at prioity DEBUG. Also, i would like to be able to set a lower priority for a certain class, while root is higher i.e., log4j.rootCategory=INFO, TestCat com.foo.bar.Test = DEBUG But that wont do the trick.... what have I missed?? Thanks... ^torsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]