based on Tony's earlier response, it sounds like log back still cannot find your XML file on the class path. --adam On Jan 20, 2012, at 17:41, Roger Spears <rspears@northweststate.edu> wrote: I'm curious, when you run the attached project, what do you get for the console output? Since it has FOOBAR in the pattern, I would have expected to see FOOBAR on the console. Instead, I still see the default display: 19:34:45.088 [main] INFO helloworld.HelloWorld - hello world! Is that what you get when you the project that you attached? Thanks, Roger <compose-unknown-contact.jpg> Tony Trinh <tony19@gmail.com> January 20, 2012 1:34 PM Put logback.xml into the root of your src directory (not in a subdir). This worked fine for me (see attached Netbeans project). The output you were seeing was from the BasicConfigurator <http://logback.qos.ch/apidocs/ch/qos/logback/classic/BasicConfigurator.html><http://logback.qos.ch/apidocs/ch/qos/logback/classic/BasicConfigurator.html> (loaded by default when logback.xml is not found in your classpath), which uses the ConsoleAppender. It just so happens that your logback.xml also uses the same type of appender, which might have confused you into thinking that Logback was ignoring the specified pattern in your configuration. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Roger Spears _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list Logback-user@qos.ch http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user <compose-unknown-contact.jpg> Roger Spears <rspears@northweststate.edu> January 20, 2012 12:07 PM Hello, I'm running Netbeans 7.0.1 on a Mac Book Pro with OS Lion. I'm currently using log4j without any problems. I wanted to try out logback. Yesterday I downloaded logback and placed the 4 jar files in the proper location. I'm able to run the basic logback HelloWorld example. Here's the code for the HelloWorld example I'm working with: package helloworld; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("helloworld"); logger.debug("Hello world."); } } Here's my customized logback.xml file: <configuration> <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender"> <encoder> <pattern>%date %n [%thread] %level %logger{35} - %n %msg</pattern> </encoder> </appender> <root level="DEBUG"> <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" /> </root> </configuration> The problem is...Netbeans (or java) never picks up on my customized logback.xml file. I'm starting out easy by just changing the pattern to see if I can get it to work. When I run the project, I see the following on the console: 11:56:33.569 [main] DEBUG helloworld - Hello world. That's not the pattern I specified in logback.xml. I'm assuming I just don't have it in the proper location. I have a copy of logback.xml in the following locations just to see if I had it in the wrong place: NetBeansProjects -> HelloWorld -> src -> logback.xml NetBeansProjects -> HelloWorld -> logback.xml NetBeansProjects -> HelloWorld -> nbproject -> private -> logback.xml NetBeansProjects -> HelloWorld -> build -> classes -> logback.xml System -> Libraries -> Java -> Extensions -> logback.xml I am still unable to get the pattern I'm looking for. Does anyone know why this would be happening? Thanks, Roger -- Roger Spears Training Coordinator Northwest State Community College 22600 State Route 34 Archbold, Ohio 43502 P: 419-267-1304 F: 419-267-3891 ********************* These records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and are provided under an exception to the Act found in Section 99.32. These records must be maintained confidentially and may not be re disclosed. They must be destroyed when your legitimate educational interest no longer exists. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this email transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return email and delete this email from your system. http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/reg/ferpa/index.html _______________________________________________ Logback-user mailing list Logback-user@qos.ch http://mailman.qos.ch/mailman/listinfo/logback-user