There is no guarantee where the current working directory is set for a web application (which is what a relative path works from).
You can, however, ask the JVM where it got the byte code from for a given class, by using http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.lang/ClassOrigin.html // Get the location of this class Class cls = this.getClass(); ProtectionDomain pDomain = cls.getProtectionDomain(); CodeSource cSource = pDomain.getCodeSource(); URL loc = cSource.getLocation(); // file:/c:/almanac14/examples/ (works for jar files too). You can then make the information available to logback and refer to ${myvariable}/logback.properties. /Thorbjørn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dawson Mossman Sent: 8. november 2010 15:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [logback-user] How to reference file one level above the web context Has anyone had to do this type of thing before? If I cannot use a relative path, are there recommendations for an alternative approach? On 05/11/2010 5:24 PM, Dawson Mossman wrote: > I am trying to use the <property file="logback.properties" /> tag in > my logback.xml file to reference an external settings file. I want to > use a relative path and specify the file one level above my > application context. For example: > > <web server root>/apps/myapplication/web-inf/classes/logback.xml > > I want to put the logback.properties file at <web server root>/apps/. > Do you know what relative path I need to use to do this? > > I've tried everything I can think of, including the following, but > they did not work: > <property file="../logback.properties" /> > <property file="../../../logback.properties" /> > <property file="/logback.properties" /> > <property file="./logback.properties" /> > > Please help ... there has to be a way without using an absolute path! > Dawson _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list [email protected] http://qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list [email protected] http://qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user
