Re: [Rails-devel] log4j, my.properties

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> >I have also removed the prefix log/ to the log file name
> >to avoid errors if there is no log directory.
> I like a own log-dir. can'nt you just create the dir, if it 
> does not exist?

Well, this is all handled by log4j. 
I don't want to go as far as modifying that by subclassing its components.

> >My own version of my.properties is now named my_my.properties.
> >It is invoked by specifying -Dconfigfile=my_my.properties 
> >on the command line (in Eclipse by adding this option as a 
> "VM argument").
> 
> >GameTest picks up this argument. If absent, the default name
> >my.properties is used.
> 
> the -D option is a good idea for own versions, not the 
> default one for the end-users.

Exactly, that is the sole purpose of this option.

> If we use our firstname as prefix, we can checkin our own 
> version also. 

I don't want to check in own versions, let try to keep the code base clean.

> I will add the nessesary thinks in my RailsMain-Class

Great.

Erik.