to:anto...@gmx.de]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:43 AM
>> To: Ant Users List
>> Subject: Re: ANT Property substutition in log4j.properties
>>
>> Hello Jim,
>>
>> log4j understands system properties, not ant properties.
>>
>> So mo
> -Original Message-
> From: Antoine Levy Lambert [mailto:anto...@gmx.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:43 AM
> To: Ant Users List
> Subject: Re: ANT Property substutition in log4j.properties
>
> Hello Jim,
>
> log4j understands system properties,
Hello Jim,
log4j understands system properties, not ant properties.
So most likely these ANT_ARGS on linux do not set a system property but
just an ant property. System properties are copied to ant properties,
but the reverse is not true.
Using ANT_OPTS=-Dwork.dir=somepath should work on bot
When using
ANT_ARGS="-lib $LOG4J -Dwork.dir=somepath -listener
org.apache.tools.ant.listener.Log4jListener"
where $LOG4J points to a directory containing log4j.jar, with a
log4j.properties including:
log4j.appender.LogFile.file=${work.dir}/build.log
On Windows ${work.dir} in log4j.pro