[logback-user] Problem with Logging in Linux

[Adam Gordon]

IIRC, Logback looks for the XML file in your classpath.  Maven gives you a
lot of stuff for free (and via plugins) that you have to, if memory serves,
manually do with ANT, e.g., copying certain files from the source directory
to your build/target directory.

--adam

http://gordonizer.com



On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Oliver Zemann <oliver.zemann at gmail.com>wrote:

> I was able to easily get it working with maven when i copied the file
> into my resources folder, but it is not working with ant. Somehow it
> is not found, in that case all debugging options in the xml makes no
> sense as this is just not found.
>
> I tested it with StatusPrinter and printing the LoggerContext:
>
> run:
> 12:58:06.590 [main] ERROR com.logbackanttest.LogbackAntTest - ERROR
> 12:58:06,545 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] -
> Could NOT find resource [logback.groovy]
> 12:58:06,545 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] -
> Could NOT find resource [logback-test.xml]
> 12:58:06,545 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] -
> Could NOT find resource [logback.xml]
> 12:58:06,546 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] -
> Setting up default configuration.
>
> I am currently in the project root directory, where a logback.xml is
> located. Also the dist folder (created by netbeans) contains a
> logback.xml and inside this dist folder the folder lib is created
> (containing the 3 jars, logback common, classic and slf4j) where also
> a logback.xml is located.
>
> 2012/8/27 Oliver Zemann <oliver.zemann at gmail.com>:
> > The problem is that the software is running productive on customer
> > side, so there is no way to just deinstall the application and
> > reinstall it...
> >
> > * What version of logback and slf4j are you using?
> > logback 1.0.6 (classic and core), slf4j-api 1.6.5
> >
> > * Which flavor (and version) of Linux are you running?
> > CentOS 5.8 and 6.3
> >
> > * Does the same problem occur when you try your logback config in a
> simple
> >  HelloWorld app (outside of install4j)?
> > Just tried it with creating a standalone jar from maven
> > (jar-with-dependencies) and its working as expected but its embedded
> > now. will check this in a few moments.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Oli
> >
> > 2012/8/27 Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <thunderaxiom at hotmail.com>:
> >> Have you enabled automatic printing of status messages in case of
> warming or
> >> errors?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> (see
> >> http://logback.qos.ch/manual/configuration.html#automaticStatusPrinting
> )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It will go to your console.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: logback-user-bounces at qos.ch [mailto:logback-user-bounces at qos.ch]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Tony Trinh
> >> Sent: 25. august 2012 23:57
> >> To: logback users list
> >> Subject: Re: [logback-user] Problem with Logging in Linux
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Oliver Zemann <oliver.zemann at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, i have the absolut identical file for Windows which works as
> >> expected (logging), but not for linux:
> >>
> >> http://rifers.org/paste/show/1801
> >>
> >> There is just no logging - i started everything as root. Even when i
> >> use the FileAppender with its file name property set to "somelog.log"
> >> or "/root/somelog.log" it just saves nothing and i have no idea why.
> >>
> >> I used updatedb && locate to find a file called like this but there
> >> was nothing. Also lsof with a grep find nothing opened. So it is
> >> really not logging.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Oli
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Your config for the RollingFileAppender is missing the <file> element.
> The
> >> manual contains a good example of all the necessary elements [1].
> logback
> >> should print a warning in the debug output for this.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It would be helpful if you provided additional details to reproduce the
> >> problem:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  * What version of logback and slf4j are you using?
> >>
> >>  * Which flavor (and version) of Linux are you running?
> >>
> >>  * Does the same problem occur when you try your logback config in a
> simple
> >> HelloWorld app (outside of install4j)?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> FYI, your logback config works (writes to a file) for me in Android.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It looks like Install4j supports a console [2], when running  the
> installer
> >> with "-c". It might be worth seeing if logback's debug-output prints in
> that
> >> console.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> [1]:
> http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#logback-RollingTimeBased
> >>
> >> [2]: http://www.ej-technologies.com/products/install4j/whatsnew4.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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