log4j log file does not write to file

[ben josh]

Hi
i have simple setting of log4j.xml in my application under tomcat/webapps/MyApp/WEB-INF/classes
im pointing the log file to be printed to the tomcat logs directory , it does the job but the content of the printed log file looks like this :

13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 DEBUG [WebXmlParser] Ignored node '#text' of type 3
13:39:23,201 INFO [StartupServletContextListener] ServletContext '/home/dev/prod/Tomcat/webapps/ROOT/' initialized
.
13:39:23,201 INFO [StartupServletContextListener] Serialization provider : class org.apache.myfaces.shared_impl.util.serial.D
efaultSerialFactory
13:39:23,202 DEBUG [[/]] Starting filters
13:39:23,203 DEBUG [JspRuntimeContext] Parent class loader is: WebappClassLoader^M
delegate: false^M
repositories:^M
/WEB-INF/classes/^M
----------> Parent Classloader:^M
org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader@83b1b^M

and my log4j.xml looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
 
<!-- ===================================================================== -->
<!--                                                                       -->
<!--  Log4j Configuration                                                  -->
<!--                                                                       -->
<!-- ===================================================================== -->
 
<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/" debug="false">
 
    <!-- ================================= -->
    <!-- Preserve messages in a local file -->
    <!-- ================================= -->
 
    <appender name="FILE" class="org.apache.log4j.FileAppender">
        <param name="File" value="${my.home}/Tomcat/logs/MyAPP.log"/>
        <param name="Append" value="true"/>
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n"/>
        </layout>
    </appender>
 
    <!-- Append messages to the console -->
    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
        <param name="Target" value="System.out"/>
        <param name="Threshold" value="DEBUG"/>
 
        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
            <!-- The default pattern: Date Priority [Category] mail.daffodilwoods.tools.importexport.Message\n -->
            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ABSOLUTE} %-5p [%c{1}] %m%n"/>
        </layout>
    </appender>
 
    <category name="com.fts" additivity="false">
        <priority value="DEBUG"/>
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
    </category>
 
    <!-- Setup the Root category -->
    <root>
        <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
    </root>
</log4j:configuration>

why is my log file looks wrong and not printing logging info

[Ulf Dittmer]

In what way are the contents of the log file incorrect? What did you expect to be there (or not be there)?