[logback-user] Is there System properties configuration?

thebugslayer thebugslayer at gmail.com
Sat Oct 13 18:28:59 CEST 2007


this will work.

Is there plan to add user specifiy config file in the future? I found
that is easier to instruct end user rather than affecting classpath.

Thanks.
-zemian


On 10/13/07, Ceki Gulcu <listid at qos.ch> wrote:
>
> Thank you for your answer. As things stand currently, you can't do that using
> logback except by modifying the class path. As in
>
> java -cp ../resources1/;otherClasspathEntries -jar mytool.jar
> java -cp ../resources2/;otherClasspathEntries -jar mytool.jar
> java -cp ../resources3/;otherClasspathEntries -jar mytool.jar
>
> In addition, you would need to place customN.xml in resourceN/logback.xml, where
> N is in {1, 2, 3}.
>
> Would that work for you?
>
>
> thebugslayer wrote:
> > Hi Ceki,
> >
> > This feature was in log4j, and it allow me  to publish tool that allow
> > end user do this:
> >
> > java -Dlog4jconfiguration=custom1.xml -jar mytool.jar
> > java -Dlog4jconfiguration=custom2.xml -jar mytool.jar
> > java -Dlog4jconfiguration=custom3.xml -jar mytool.jar
> >
> > how would I do this in logback?
> > -Z
> >
> >
> > On 10/13/07, Ceki Gulcu <ceki at qos.ch> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> No, it is not currently possible to specify the name of the configuration file
> >> through a system property. Could you please describe your use case?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> thebugslayer wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I read http://logback.qos.ch/manual/joran.html, it's only checking
> >>> classpath for config logback.xml file. Is there a way to specify file
> >>> location by System properties?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >> --
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> >
> >
>
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