Overriding share log4j for development

[gilles]

Hi, I can't find any doc about how to override the log4j config file for share. Do I need to configure an overriding mechanism, or is it already done like in the log4JHierarchyInit bean for the alfresco app. Where can I find the precedence of the files and location in share? Tx

[afaust]

Hello,

there is no log4j override mechanism for Share as there is one for Alfresco Repository. If you require this then you would need to set it up yourself. You can use the class Log4JHierarchyInit as a basis but would need to package it separately for Share, since you can't / shouldn't just drop in the alfresco-repository.jar for the one class. The precedence would then be configured with this bean.

Regards
Axel

[gilles]

Thanks Axel, that's what I guessed. But I also guess that i'm not the fisrt one?
Anybody who implemented this successfuly? TIA!

[julienguay]

I was looking for a solution and found that by trying and I/O tracing:
This can be done (I tested in 4.2.0.12, 5.1.0.5 and 5.1.1.0):
cp tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/share/extension/log4j.properties tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/share-log4j.properties
edit share-log4j.properties for value:
log4j.appender.File.File=/logs/share.log #linux
log4j.appender.File.File=C:/logs/share.log #windows
Tks -Julien