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can't get log4j to start in tomcat6
I followed the instructions in
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
tried using ${catalina.home}/lib and ${catalina.home}/shared/li
log4j.properties looks like this
log4j.appender.stdout=org.
log4j.appender.stdout.Targ
log4j.appender.stdout.layo
log4j.appender.stdout.layo
### direct messages to file hibernate.log ###
log4j.appender.file=org.ap
log4j.appender.file.File=$
log4j.appender.file.layout
log4j.appender.file.layout
### set log levels - for more verbose logging change 'info' to 'debug' ###
log4j.rootLogger=warn, stdout
#log4j.logger.org.hibernat
log4j.logger.org.hibernate
tomcat.log file is never created. any body see anything wrong?
http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/logging.html
tried using ${catalina.home}/lib and ${catalina.home}/shared/li
log4j.properties looks like this
log4j.appender.stdout=org.
log4j.appender.stdout.Targ
log4j.appender.stdout.layo
log4j.appender.stdout.layo
### direct messages to file hibernate.log ###
log4j.appender.file=org.ap
log4j.appender.file.File=$
log4j.appender.file.layout
log4j.appender.file.layout
### set log levels - for more verbose logging change 'info' to 'debug' ###
log4j.rootLogger=warn, stdout
#log4j.logger.org.hibernat
log4j.logger.org.hibernate
tomcat.log file is never created. any body see anything wrong?
ASKER
I tried that,
I also tried using explicit file path,
then i tried moving the properties file and log4j lib to the application lib dir.
in all case i can not get the tomcat.log file to be generated!
what else can be wrong?
it all works inside eclipse. is there some additional thing I need to do in deployment to kick start log4j?
I also tried using explicit file path,
then i tried moving the properties file and log4j lib to the application lib dir.
in all case i can not get the tomcat.log file to be generated!
what else can be wrong?
it all works inside eclipse. is there some additional thing I need to do in deployment to kick start log4j?
whereabouts in your project/source tree have you placed log4j.properties ? it should be in the root of your /src directory, and Eclipse should copy it into WEB-INF/classes when it compiles. Check that this is working. Most important is that a copy of the file ends up in WEB-INF/classes
ASKER
it is there for sure.
Where in your code have you put loging statements? Are you logging anything during statup of your app?
Also, are there any exceptions in Tomcat's own logs?
Also, are there any exceptions in Tomcat's own logs?
ASKER
I have Logger.getLogger(class) all over the place. these produce good output in eclipse.
nothing notable in tomcat logs.
nothing notable in tomcat logs.
I'm a little confused. What do you mean by getting logging statements 'in Eclipse'? Isn't this a web-app?
Do you mean the Console logger is working, but not the File logger?
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if ${catalina.home} can't be determined, the path will be determines relative to the Eclipse installation directory - so try making (or checking) a /logs directory in the Eclipse installation directory
ASKER
I switched to logback. it worked instantly.
although I still don't know what went wrong with my log4j set up, I would like to award you the points for staying with me.
although I still don't know what went wrong with my log4j set up, I would like to award you the points for staying with me.
ASKER
real bug still unknown
log4j.rootLogger=warn, stdout
to
log4j.rootLogger=warn,stdo