The default logging settings for Jaybird are driving me nutz, and I am
getting really tired of seeing

log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: log/test.log (No such file or directory)

+ the stack trace

Now on my servers I have

export CATALINA_OPTS="-server -Xmx128m -DFBLog4j=false"

At one point that did work, but has not for a long time now.

On a different machine I have

export JAVA_OPTS="-DFBLog4j=false"

Neither of those work.

I have tried to change the settings of the log4j.properties file in the
firebirdjmx.jar from DEBUG to NONE.

Still nothing.

I then removed that file entirely from the jar. That at least reduced
the output to

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger
(org.firebirdsql.jgds.GDS_Impl).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

No more stack trace.

How can I disable all logging? Further more why is this the default? Why
is the default so hard to change or over ride?

I hope the default setting can be changed on this, as it is a real pain.

Also for the record I have nothing against log4j or Jaybird using it. I
have several apps that use and depend on log4j. None of them are that
hard to configure or control as Jaybird.

Why is Jaybird's log4j.prop file put inside a jar making it difficult to
get at and modify?

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Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.
Support Group
Obsidian-Studios, Inc.
3548 Jamestown Ln.
Jacksonville, FL 32223
Phone/Fax 904.260.2445
http://www.obsidian-studios.com