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Asked: 2026-05-23T12:52:36+00:00

I configured Log4j to log into a file but it is instead logging to

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I configured Log4j to log into a file but it is instead logging to stdout.
it creates the log file but it does not write to it, instead to stdout.

Here is my config file:

log4j.rootCategory=INFO, file, mail
log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.file.File=/path-to/jobs-batch.log
log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=10MB
log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=2
log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=[jobs-batch] %p [%t] %c{1}.%M(%L) | %m%n

log4j.logger.org.springframework.jdbc=WARN

# Configuration for receiving e-mails when ERROR messages occur.
log4j.appender.mail=org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender
log4j.appender.mail.To=xxx@xxx.com
log4j.appender.mail.From=xxx@xxx.com
log4j.appender.mail.SMTPHost=mail.xxx.de
log4j.appender.mail.Threshold=ERROR
log4j.appender.mail.Subject=Jobs Batch Error
log4j.appender.mail.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.mail.layout.ConversionPattern=%d  %-5p %c %x - %m%n

any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    i was stupid by myself.
    i was using the -Dlog4j.configuration to set my file.
    BUT i was also configuring log4j programmatically to use the SAME configuration file.

    i still do not understand why it did behave like that since i was just setting the SAME configuration file twice. But once i did it only once it worked as expected.

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