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-# Created by Francesco Mangiacrapa francesco.mangiacrapa@isti.cnr.it
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-# Set root category priority to ERROR and its only appender to LOGFILE.
-log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, LOGFILE
-
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxFileSize=25MB
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE.MaxBackupIndex=10
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE.File=logs/uri-resolver.log
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE.Append=true
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=[%-5p] %d %c - %m%n
-#log4j.category.org.gcube=TRACE,A1
-
-##GCube
-log4j.category.org.gcube=ERROR, LOGFILE
-log4j.additivity.org.gcube=false
-
-##HomeLibrary
-#log4j.logger.org.gcube.portlets.user.homelibrary=INFO, LOGFILE
-
-###MongoLog
-log4j.logger.com.mongodb=SEVERE, LOGFILE
-
-##UriResolver
-log4j.logger.org.gcube.datatransfer.resolver=DEBUG
-
-##Storage
-log4j.logger.org.gcube.contentmanager=INFO
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