This worked!  (see below)  Thanks to all.

Mary@WinServ2008-Enterprise /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.17
$ java -cp ".;./log4j-1.2.17.jar" Hello
0 [main] DEBUG Hello  - Hello world.
0 [main] INFO Hello  - What a beatiful day.

Mary


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Jacob Kjome <[email protected]> wrote:

> Whoops, I neglected one thing...
>
> java -cp .;log4j-1.2-17.jar Hello
>
>
> Notice I added the current directory to the classpath.  Change the
> classpath separator character to a colon if needed.
>
>
> Jake
>
>
> On Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:57 -0700
>  Mary Laude <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Here is what I just did.  Note I am actually inside a Win VM, at a cygwin
>> prompt.
>>
>> Mary@WinServ2008-Enterprise /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.17
>> $ ls
>> build.properties.sample  **INSTALL       log4j-1.2.17.jar              **
>> site
>> build.xml                **JarDir.class  NOTICE          **
>>               src
>> contribs                 JarDir.java   NTEventLogAppender.amd64.dll  **
>> tests
>> examples                 KEYS          **NTEventLogAppender.dll
>> Hello.java               LICENSE       pom.xml
>>
>> Mary@WinServ2008-Enterprise /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.17
>> $ echo $CLASSPATH
>> /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.**17/
>>
>> Mary@WinServ2008-Enterprise /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.17
>> $ javac -cp ./log4j-1.2.17.jar Hello.java
>>
>> Mary@WinServ2008-Enterprise /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.17
>> $ java -cp ./log4j-1.2.17.jar Hello
>> Error: Could not find or load main class Hello
>>
>> Mary@WinServ2008-Enterprise /home/Mary/apache-log4j-1.2.17
>> $ ls
>> build.properties.sample  **Hello.java    LICENSE         **
>> pom.xml
>> build.xml                **INSTALL       log4j-1.2.17.jar              **
>> site
>> contribs                 JarDir.class  NOTICE          **
>>               src
>> examples                 JarDir.java   NTEventLogAppender.amd64.dll  **
>> tests
>> Hello.class              KEYS **         NTEventLogAppender.**dll
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> Thx.
>> Mary
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Jacob Kjome <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> No, Mary is just running an example from the install documentation.  And
>>> since the code is calling BasicConfigurator.configure(), there is no need
>>> for a config file in the classpath (though it is generally recommended to
>>> use a config file rather than configure via code).
>>>
>>> Mary, please provide an example of your java command line when you run
>>> this.  It should look something like...
>>>
>>>
>>> java -cp log4j-1.2-17.jar Hello
>>>
>>>
>>> Jake
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 14 May 2013 10:41:18 +0900
>>>   Remko Popma <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Mary,
>>>>
>>>> Gary was referring to log4j-2.0. While generally more awesome (ahem), it
>>>> does need those 2 jars to run.
>>>> You seem to be using log4j-1.2. Then you should only need the one jar.
>>>> You also need a log4j.properties or log4j.xml file in a directory that
>>>> is
>>>> in the classpath. The site should have some sample config files.
>>>> In your code, I don't think you need to call
>>>> BasicConfigurator.configure();
>>>> I think you can safely remove that line; log4j will pick up your config
>>>> file from the classpath.
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 2013/05/14, at 10:30, Mary Laude <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Hey -  thanks for the quick reply!  Ya know, I read that bit
>>>>
>>>>> but the jar file I have is named log4j-1.2-17.jar, and I thought
>>>>> it comprised everything.  When I downloaded the code, that's
>>>>> the only jar file there was.  Clearly, I was delusional!  I'll go
>>>>> look for the corresponding API and core jar files...
>>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]
>>>>> >wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   You need the API and core jar files on your classpath for compilation
>>>>>
>>>>>> and runtime.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 13, 2013, at 20:46, Mary Laude <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Hello -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can write, compile, and successfully run a Java program
>>>>>>> to look at a .jar file and list the classes defined therein, but
>>>>>>> I can't for the life of me get your "Using log4j" java code shown
>>>>>>> in 1-2.17's INSTALL doc to work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Perhaps there's some other magic that needs to happen to get
>>>>>>> this code snippet you wrote to yield output?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  ------------------------------****----------------------------**
>>>>>> --**
>>>>>> ----------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  You can now test your installation by first compiling the following
>>>>>>>    simple program.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
>>>>>>>     import org.apache.log4j.****BasicConfigurator;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     public class Hello {
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       private static final Logger logger =
>>>>>>> Logger.getLogger(Hello.class);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       public
>>>>>>>       static
>>>>>>>       void main(String argv[]) {
>>>>>>>         BasicConfigurator.**configure();
>>>>>>>         logger.debug("Hello world.");
>>>>>>>         logger.info("What a beatiful day.");
>>>>>>>       }
>>>>>>>     }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  ------------------------------****----------------------------**
>>>>>> --**
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I understand how CLASSPATH works, etc.  I can get it to compile but
>>>>>>> even if I again (with option -cp) specify exactly where the .class
>>>>>>> file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  is
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  that it just created from the compile, it still can't find what it
>>>>>>> needs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Depending on where I've put things and what I tell it, I get one of
>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>> failing results when I try to run the executable:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (1)
>>>>>>> java.lang.****NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Logger
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         at Hello.<clinit>(Hello.java:6)
>>>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.****ClassNotFoundException:
>>>>>>> org.apache.log4j.Logger
>>>>>>>         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(**
>>>>>>> **URLClassLoader.java:366)
>>>>>>>         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(**
>>>>>>> **URLClassLoader.java:355)
>>>>>>>         at java.security.****AccessController.doPrivileged(**
>>>>>>> **Native
>>>>>>> Method)
>>>>>>>         at java.net.URLClassLoader.****
>>>>>>> findClass(URLClassLoader.java:****
>>>>>>> 354)
>>>>>>>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.****loadClass(ClassLoader.java:****
>>>>>>> 423)
>>>>>>>         at sun.misc.Launcher$****AppClassLoader.loadClass(**
>>>>>>> Launcher.java:308)
>>>>>>>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.****loadClass(ClassLoader.java:****
>>>>>>> 356)
>>>>>>>         ... 1 more
>>>>>>> Exception in thread "main"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> or (2)
>>>>>>> Error: Could not find or load main class Hello
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please, I am an old UNIX geek but this is really really frustrating
>>>>>>> me.
>>>>>>> I have looked literally EVERYWHERE to find out what the problem is
>>>>>>> but of course I am apparently the first and only person to ever have
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> problem.  Ha!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Please test what you build.
>>>>>>>
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