If you use an XML config file then it can refer to system properties. Example:
<param name="File"
value="'${catalina.base}/logs/'MMM-dd-EEE'/'HH-mm-ss-S'.log'" />
I don't know if something similar exists for properties files.
On 8/16/07, Rajpurkar, Amit {PI} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have just started to user Log4j.
> The logging is working good. I have one problem -- I want to make the
> output log file location portable, rather than dependent on each
> machine.
>
> In the configuration file I have
> log4j.appender.R.File=D:/Documents and
> Settings/ARajpur/.netbeans/5.5.1/apache-tomcat-5.5.17_base/logs/applicat
> ionLogs_VFM.log
>
> When ever I deploy my applocation to test server, I need to modify it to
> log4j.appender.R.File=E:/java/Tomcat 5.0/logs/applicationLogs_VFM.log
>
> Is there any way in which I don't have to hard code the file path on
> different machines??
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> -Amit
>
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