log4j working, but writing log file to wrong directory

[Bob Peterson]

I'm using Tomcat 5.5.25 and log4j-1.2.15 on a WinXP system. I think I have my classpath issues resolved because log4j is writing to my log file that is defined in my log4j.xml file. However, it's writing it to $CATALINA_HOME\bin.

I remember when doing log4j in Websphere, we had to put in a kind of file prefix for our log files, something like '../opt/......my.log'. Is there a similar prefix that is needed in Tomcat, to direct it to my webapp directory? Ideally, I'd like it under /webapps/mywebapp/logs.

Here's the relevant snippet of my log4j.xml :

<appender name="baseLog" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
        <param name="File" value="myTest.log" />

[Paul Clapham]

Right now the file is going to Tomcat's current working directory, because you specified a relative path. But if you want the file to go to a specific directory, there's nothing wrong with saying so:

<param name="File" value="/webapps/mywebapp/logs/myTest.log" />