I remember having this problem, the log actually gets generated some where in your OS folder like C:\WinNT\System32 if you don't mention the absolute file name.
Try changing the filename with the full path and see whether it works ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Kjome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Log4J Users List" <log4j-user@logging.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:33 AM Subject: RE: setting up log4j > > try adding <level value="debug"/> to your <root> logger and see what > happens. Also, do you see your log files getting created? Based on > what you have written, if you start up Tomcat using the default > scripts, they would end up in "CATALINA_HOME/bin/logs". Of course, > since Tomcat doesn't create directories when writing log files, if > the bin/logs directory doesn't exist, no log files will be > written. Create the logs directory yourself and then start Tomcat, > in that case. > > Jake > > At 04:07 PM 6/13/2006, you wrote: > >I've now downloaded Log4J and created a log4j.xml file (modified from a > >sample I found online). > > > >I assume commons-logging will find log4j since the documentation says it is > >the preferred (default) logging tool choice. My war file deploys correctly, > >however I don't see any log output being generated. > > > >What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help? > > > >Thanks > > > >(log4j.xml) > > > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > ><!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd"> > > > ><log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";> > > > > <appender name="event_file" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyFileAppender"> > > <param name="Threshold" value="DEBUG"/> > > <param name="File" value="log/uwaf-event.log"/> > > <param name="Append" value="true"/> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] %m%n"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > <appender name="error_file" class="org.apache.log4j.DailyFileAppender"> > > <param name="Threshold" value="INFO"/> > > <param name="File" value="log/uwaf-error.log"/> > > <param name="Append" value="true"/> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%c] %m%n"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"> > > <param name="Target" value="System.out"/> > > <param name="Threshold" value="INFO"/> > > <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> > > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}] > >%m%n"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > <appender name="ASYNC" class="org.apache.log4j.AsyncAppender"> > > <appender-ref ref="event_file"/> > > <appender-ref ref="error_file"/> > > </appender> > > > > <!-- Setup the Root category --> > > <root> > > <appender-ref ref="ASYNC"/> > > </root> > > > ></log4j:configuration> > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Darren Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:58 AM > >To: 'Log4J Users List' > >Subject: RE: setting up log4j > > > >Thanks Jake, > > > >Maybe I should back up... > > > >Since Struts is using commons-logging, do I need to include any Log4J jar > >files? What is commons-logging using under the covers? > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jacob Kjome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:02 AM > >To: Log4J Users List > >Subject: Re: setting up log4j > > > > > >Put log4j.jar and commons-logging-adapters-1.1.jar (see > >commons-logging release notes for this newly distributed jar) in > >WEB-INF/lib. This assumes that commons-logging-api.jar is in the > >classpath. If this doesn't work, just use the > >commons-logging-1.1.jar. Put your Log4j config file in > >WEB-INF/classes. You might want to use log4j.xml, since the XML > >config files are picked up in preference to the properties files and > >if there is a log4j.xml elsewhere on the classpath, Log4j might use > >it instead of the properties file you think it is using. When in > >doubt, set -Dlog4j.debug=true. > > > >Jake > > > >At 04:02 PM 6/12/2006, you wrote: > > >Greetings all, > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm using Struts 1.2.9 (with commons-logging 1.1) and the problem I'm > >having > > >is that I cannot seem to get my DEBUG level log statements to print. > > > > > >>From what I've read online, it seems that commons-logging is a wrapper > > >around log4j (actually I have not confirmed this and tend to doubt it > >since > > >I don't see any references to log4j in my installation of struts). In any > > >case, the commons-logging output for struts is printing to the Tomcat > >logs. > > >It does not print my DEBUG level messages, and I need to get this to > >happen. > > > > > > > > > > > >Since I couldn't find a reference to log4j in my Struts installation, I > > >downloaded log4j and included it in my build of struts, and now I get no > > >messages to print to the Tomcat logs (not INFO or ERROR, which were > >printing > > >before I installed log4j). I created a simple "log4j.properties" file to > > >attempt to configure log4j and obviously I failed miserably. > > > > > > > > > > > >Basically I need to know how to either A) get my debug messages printing > >to > > >the Tomcat output using the commons-logging functionality; or B) get log4j > > >configured properly so that it will allow me to output debug messages. (If > >I > > >need to go with the second option, it would be nice to have it output to a > > >log file specific to my application and not the Tomcat log file - although > > >I'm not sure how to go about configuring this.) > > > > > > > > > > > >Can anyone please get me started with this issue? > > > > > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > >Darren > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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] > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
