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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay that's weird. If so I can look for "log4j.configuration"  i the java
config loader and exit if that system prop is present?

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> I think its worth reconsidering.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > This applies whether the default config is set in Java or through a
> config
> > file.
> >
> > See the docs here, scroll to "Default Initialization Procedure".
> >
> > Lars
> >
> >
> >
>



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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2 <http://www.dhis2.org/>
University of Oslo
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