Access log4j.properties outside source folder

Hi,
I have developed a standalone java application, for logging the application i have created a log4j.properties in the source folder.
it is woring fine and the logs are created as specified in the properties file.
Issue:
i have created a jar which contains the complete source code and log4j.properties file.
if i try to create a jar without log4j.properties since the properties file will change by customer frequantly, i need to keep the log4j.properties outside the source folder.
but my jar is unable to access the log4j.properties when i try to run the appplication.
Question:
how do we access the log4j.properties from outside source folder?
thanks,
J R

gimbal2 wrote:
T.PD wrote:
In addition what gimbal2 sad: Do you create a MANIFEST.MF file in your jar?
If so you should add (or extend) the ClassPath entry to include the current directory ( *.* ) so you can have the log4j.properties file in the folder where you call your jar from:[...]This is very dangerous. It makes the path not relative to where the jar is, but to where you invoke the java command.The OP's request is to have the (log4j) properties file outside of the jar maybe for easier editing.
Adding any known folder in the file system to the class path is the only way I know to achieve this (Do you know better?). Folliwing this you could try to guess paths to add hoping that they will exist on all Systems you will use and place the properties file(s) there. On the other hane the current working dir the java command is invoked in is perdictable. Usually it's the directory the jar itself is located...
I agree that this solution can be dangerous and opens the possibility to access classes located in a valid package structure below current working dir . But if you add the ' *.* ' as the last entry in your classpath at least the classes from all your other jars are accessed first...
bye
TPD

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