Okay thanks, I have submitted a patch here - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-1050
On 10 June 2015 at 01:08, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > Create a Jira issue. If you could actually create a patch the likelihood that > it will get solved sooner is much higher. > > Ralhp > >> On Jun 9, 2015, at 3:08 PM, Adam Retter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Okay thanks Ralph, >> >> How would I go about getting such a change submitted to the project? >> >> On 9 June 2015 at 22:36, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: >>> There is nothing now but I would imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult to >>> add a variable that contains the base url or path of the configuration file >>> in use. >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>>> On Jun 9, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Adam Retter <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> Is it somehow possible to specify that the log4j2 log files should be >>>> written somewhere relative to the configuration file? >>>> >>>> For example my config file is here - /somewhere/my-app/logj2.xml >>>> >>>> I would like to ensure that regardless of which folder my application >>>> is started from then my log files are always written to - >>>> /somewhere/my-app/var/log >>>> >>>> My log4j2.xml has something like this - >>>> >>>> <RollingRandomAccessFile name="my-app" >>>> filePattern="var/log/my-app.log.gz" fileName="var/log/my-app.log"> >>>> <Policies> >>>> <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="10MB"/> >>>> </Policies> >>>> <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="14"/> >>>> <PatternLayout pattern="%d [%t] %-5p (%F [%M]:%L) - %m %n"/> >>>> </RollingRandomAccessFile> >>>> >>>> However, var/log/my-app.log is always written relative to the folder >>>> where my-app is started from and not relative to where the config file >>>> is. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Adam Retter >>>> >>>> skype: adam.retter >>>> tweet: adamretter >>>> http://www.adamretter.org.uk >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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] >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adam Retter >> >> skype: adam.retter >> tweet: adamretter >> http://www.adamretter.org.uk >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > -- Adam Retter skype: adam.retter tweet: adamretter http://www.adamretter.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
