[logback-user] How to reference file one level above the web context

[Dawson Mossman]

Has anyone had to do this type of thing before?  If I cannot use a 
relative path, are there recommendations for an alternative approach?


On 05/11/2010 5:24 PM, Dawson Mossman wrote:
> I am trying to use the <property file="logback.properties" /> tag in 
> my logback.xml file to reference an external settings file.  I want to 
> use a relative path and specify the file one level above my 
> application context. For example:
>
> <web server root>/apps/myapplication/web-inf/classes/logback.xml
>
> I want to put the logback.properties file at <web server root>/apps/.  
> Do you know what relative path I need to use to do this?
>
> I've tried everything I can think of, including the following, but 
> they did not work:
> <property file="../logback.properties" />
> <property file="../../../logback.properties" />
> <property file="/logback.properties" />
> <property file="./logback.properties" />
>
> Please help ... there has to be a way without using an absolute path!
> Dawson