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+# $Id: log4j.properties,v 1.1 2004/01/07 18:36:04 travismccauley Exp $
+# Set root category priority to INFO and its only appender to A1.
+log4j.rootCategory=WARN, A1
+
+# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender. 
+log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+
+# A1 uses PatternLayout.
+log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%r %c{1} [%p] %m%n
+
+log4j.category.org.apache.commons.digester.Digester=FATAL
+
+
+# log4j init properties  
+
+# By default, we only want WARNING errors or above
+# for most classes.
+#
+# look for stdout and rosterLogOut appenders to understand
+# what they're doing.
+
+# category definitions
+# we send ALL messages from torque, struts and redwood classes to 
+# stdout and rosterLogOut 
+
+log4j.category.org.apache.torque=info,  rosterLogOut
+log4j.category.org.thdl.roster.om=info,  rosterLogOut
+log4j.category.org.thdl.roster=info,  rosterLogOut
+log4j.category.org.thdl.roster.pages=info,  rosterLogOut
+log4j.category.org.thdl.roster.components=info,  rosterLogOut
+
+# called "redwood.log" - this file gets created
+# in the local directory.
+
+log4j.appender.rosterLogOut=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
+log4j.appender.rosterLogOut.File=/usr/local/Roster/roster.log
+log4j.appender.rosterLogOut.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.rosterLogOut.layout.ConversionPattern=[%p %c] - %m%n