Logging based on EAR

Question

Our app is currently logging using Log4j at application level. There are at least 8 EAR files, which are deployed when the server runs. All 8 EAR's are logging into File1.log file. I want to separate 1 ear. For example, 7 EAR files should conitnue logging in File1.log file however, the 8th one say ABCD.EAR should log into ABCD.LOG file.
I am able to log things based on class heirarchi. But there are number of classes, who doesn't fall under specific hierarchy but still fall under ABCD.EAR. How can i configure my log4j.xml based on EAR. My current settings for ABCD loggins are
<appender name="ABCDAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="./logs/abcd.log" />
<param name="Append" value="true" />
<param name="MaxFileSize" value="100MB" />
<param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="10" />
<layout class="provision.services.logging.PSPatternLayout">
<param name="conversionPattern" value="%d %D %S %-5p {%P} %#: [%-17c{5} %T] %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="project.abcd">
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="ABCDAppender"/>
</logger>
this currently logging all log information for the classes falls under project.abcd, but there are other classes which are in abcd.ear but not being logged.

Answer 1

What version of log4j are you using as I think you will need 1.2.8 in order to find the log4j.xml in the classpath?
You can try specifiying the location like this:
JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dlog4j.config=C:\bea\user_projects\domains\....\WEB-INF\classes\log4j.xml
As a last resort why not get your application to write a file then read it. If this works you can then search your file system for the file and place your log4j.xml in the same location, no don't laugh :-)