Thanks guys. That did solve my problem and also explains why the example I copied
from the documentation had rootLogger in it. Had me a
little lost, but its working fine now.
Pete
Louis Leung wrote:
> use rootCategory if u r using log4j 1.1.3
> use rootLogger if u r using log4j 1.2 and onwards
>
> Steve Wilkinson wrote:
>
> > You need something like this.
> > log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, R
> >
> > I don't know the log4j.rootLogger is a valid property. The "ERROR" tells it what
>level to log and R tells it what appender to use.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Pete Serafin
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 5:50 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Log4j Error
> >
> > I am having an issue with a log utility I have written wrapping some
> > log4j classes. Ive read through the samples and other threads, but cant
> > find a resolution ( which should be simple ). My utility class sets up
> > a category initializes to root and executes a static method upon
> > creation as follows:
> >
> > public class log{
> > ...
> >
> > static{
> > PropertyConfigurator.configure( "d:\\App\\WEB-
> > INF\\log4j.properties" );
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > I have placed my config file (log4j.properties) in the d:\App\WEB-INF\
> > directory. It is a basic config that looks as follows:
> >
> > log4j.rootLogger=ERROR, R
> >
> > #Create a rolling file
> > log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
> > log4j.appender.R.File=example.log
> >
> > # Keep 100 backup files of size 100kb
> > log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
> > log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=100
> >
> > log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
> > log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
> >
> > The file seems to be read in properly, but I get the error:
> >
> > log4j:ERROR No appenders could be found for category (root).
> > log4j:ERROR Please initialize the log4j system properly.
> >
> > What am I missing? Thanks,
> >
> > Pete Serafin
> >
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