[logback-user] External property file

[Tony Trinh]

Ok. The file-lookup is relative to your current working directory (unless
you use absolute paths). You can confirm by cd'ing into /dir and then
invoking your jar.

An alternative is to use an absolute path to a designated "data" directory
(with environment variables). For example:

    <property file="${HOME}/.myapp/log.properties" />
     <property file="${APPDATA}/.myapp/log.properties" />
    <property file="${PROGRAMFILES}/MyApp/log.properties" />




On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Suriyanto <suriyanto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for answering.
>
> I actually wanted to put the file outside the jar so the user can easily
> modify it for any of their environment. The file will be on the same
> directory as the jar file.
>
> /dir
>     myapp.jar
>     log.properties
>
> Suriyanto
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Tony Trinh <tony19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If the file is in your JAR, you should be using the "resource" attribute
>> instead of "file" (which searches your host filesystem).
>>
>>   <property resource="log.properties" />
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Suriyanto <suriyanto at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am following the instruction in the Logback manual to use an external
>>> property file.
>>>
>>> <property file="log.properties" />
>>>
>>> I have log.properties file in the same directory as my executable jar
>>> file, which are created as an uber jar file from Maven plugin.
>>>
>>> However, I keep getting the error: ERROR in
>>> ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.PropertyAction - Could not find properties
>>> file [log.properties].
>>>
>>> Am I putting the file in the correct directory?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Suriyanto
>>>
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