Hello I am using logback to write files and i have the below mentioned appender configuration. Below configuration works fine. My question is,how to write the logs in current directory? Is it possible? Currently written as, What i am looking is to write karaf.log on current date directory. Would be helpful, if some experts could let me know about the changes. *2015-04-03* *2015-04-04* *2015-04-05* *karaf.log* <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender"> <file>data/log/karaf.log</file> <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy"> <!-- daily rollover --> <fileNamePattern>data/log/%d{yyyy-MM-dd}/karaf.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.gz </fileNamePattern> <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP"> <!-- or whenever the file size reaches 10MB --> <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize> </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy> <!-- keep 10 days worth of history --> <maxHistory>10</maxHistory> </rollingPolicy> <append>true</append> <encoder> <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n </pattern> </encoder> </appender>