new user here....making the jump for log4j to logback. Running an executable jar where logback.xml is NOT in the jar. Application works as expected, but I'm seeing all these "Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml]" in the log. jberk@ubuntu:~/apps$ java -Dlogback.configurationFile=file:logback.xml -Dapp.props=file:app.props \ -Dinput.file=test.txt -Doutput.dir=pdf -jar MyJar.jar mortgage 13:01:09,754 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Found resource [file:logback.xml] at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs multiple times on the classpath. 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,756 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,757 |-WARN in ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext[default] - Resource [file:logback.xml] occurs at [file:logback.xml] 13:01:09,830 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.ConfigurationAction - debug attribute not set 13:01:09,835 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - About to instantiate appender of type [ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender] 13:01:09,839 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderAction - Naming appender as [STDOUT] 13:01:09,866 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.NestedComplexPropertyIA - Assuming default type [ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder] for [encoder] property 13:01:09,914 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [org.springframework] to OFF 13:01:09,914 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.LoggerAction - Setting level of logger [org.apache] to OFF 13:01:09,914 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.action.RootLoggerAction - Setting level of ROOT logger to DEBUG 13:01:09,914 |-INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.AppenderRefAction - Attaching appender named [STDOUT] to Logger[ROOT] ....my app logs omitted..... here is my logback.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <configuration> <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender"> <encoder> <pattern>%d %-5level %C[%M%L] - %msg%n</pattern> </encoder> </appender> <!-- Turn off third party chatter --> <logger name="org.springframework" level="OFF"/> <logger name="org.apache" level="OFF"/> <root level="debug"> <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/> </root> </configuration> 1) why is this happening? 2) is this something I am doing wrong (and how to fix) thanks for the great tool and any help. Jason