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not logging as coded

 
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I have my log4j.properties file as below:

<<<<<<<<<<<<<log4j.props file>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout, R

log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
# Pattern to output the caller's file name and line number.
#log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c "%l" %x - %m%n
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c{2} %x - %m%n

# Set appender for log files
log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.R.File=d:/tomcat-4/logs/myApp/myApp.log
log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
# Keep one backup file
log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1

log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
#log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c %l - %m%n
log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p %c{2} - %m%n

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ends here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<LogInit servlet>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

public class LogInitServlet extends HttpServlet {

// private Logger log = Logger.getLogger(LogInitServlet.class);

public void init() {

// log.info("*********Invoked Logging*************");
String prefix = getServletContext().getRealPath("/");
String config = getInitParameter("log4j-init-file");
// log.info("Initializing Log4j from config file: " + prefix + config);

if (config != null) {
PropertyConfigurator.configure(prefix + config);
}
}

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {

//
}
}

<<<<<<<<<<<<< ends here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


<<<<< added to web.xml>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Log4JInit</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.abc.myApp.logging.LogInitServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>log4j-init-file</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/classes/resources/log4j.properties</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>


<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<ends here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


The logging is working fine when I execute the code on Tomcat on my m/c. But when I push to dev server, it is not writting to myApp.log.



Appreciate help.
 
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You said it isn't writing to the log file. Does that directory exist on the dev server? What IS it doing, logging to console or no logging at all?

Adding -Dlog4j.debug can be helpful if it is not logging at all. See log4j short manual for info on adding that to the tomcat options if needed.
 
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The directory and file name exists on the dev server.

It is writtng. But writting to file localhost_log.txt

I see that this file name is mentioned in server.xml. Is it necessarry ? Can I delete that?

The line is hereunder for your review:

<Logger className="org.apache.catalina.logger.FileLogger" debug="0" directory="logs" prefix="localhost_log." suffix=".txt" timestamp="true" verbosity="1"/>


Thanks for the reply
 
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Hi Carol

Can you look at my code and give me some clue?

Thanks
 
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Perhaps a tomcat user can help out. If I were you I would modify the subject line to include log4j and tomcat.
 
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