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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes that is what I just tested.  It loads the log4 configuration file.
But this doesn't prevent the java code from running so it configures
twice.

On 9 June 2015 at 10:38, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I just tried - you can't override those settings with an external
>> file.  They will always kick in after the configuration is loaded.
>> Which is very inflexible.  For example even the logging level is
>> fixed.
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>> I think its worth reconsidering.
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> In order to override log4j default initialization you can set the
> log4j.configuration system property to point to another resource (e.g. in
> your dhis2-tools scripts).
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> This applies whether the default config is set in Java or through a config
> file.
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> See the docs here, scroll to "Default Initialization Procedure".
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> Lars
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