> Is it possible to put envirinment variables into the configuration file?
Not as far as I know. > The reason I ask is that I develop on a windows machine, and deploy onto > a linux, so the paths where I want to store the logs are differant. > > If it is not possible, does anyone have a suggestion for how to do this. I've solved something similar it in a more generic fashion, maybe it is useful: PropertyConfiguration is a class that tries to find properties files based on systemname, applicationname and username. For example if your system is "PC1", the application is "myapp" and the current user is "justme", it tries to load any the following property files: - configuration.properties - configuration_myapp.properties - configuration_PC1.properties - configuration_justme.properties - configuration_myapp_justme.properties - configuration_myapp_justme.properties - configuration_myapp_PC1_justme.properties It will load all files it find within the classpath (so if it finds 3 of the set it will load all 3). Next you can "get" a property by name, it tries to solve the property bottom up, so starting with the most detailled name. This method allows you to place configuration parameters in the appropriate context, and override configuration parameters based on the context (e.g. user X would like to have a blue background). The approach to your problem would be to have two configuration files, in each file a property named "log4j.configurationfile" is present pointing to the actual configuration file for that system. - configuration_PC.properties log4j.configurationfile=c:/blabla/log4j.properties - configuration_Linux.properties log4j.configurationfile=/usr/local/blabla/log4j.properties The correct value will be return automatically, and that can be used to configure log4j. Thinking about it, I probably should add the "operating system name" as one of the "parameters" next to system, application and user name. Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
