Log4j Properties in a Custom Place

Question

I\'m using Apache Commons Logging and SLF4J with log4j, but I also want to use the log4j.properties in a custom place like conf/log4.properties. Here is the problem:

Answer 1

I think the easiest thing to do is specify the location of the file using the log4j.configuration system property. Adopting the example in the Log4J manual:

java -Dlog4j.configuration=conf/log4j.properties -classpath ...

I believe that Log4J will find a file named "log4j.properties" anywhere on the classpath, but may be hallucinating. Worth trying, however.