title: External log4j.xml file
body: <p>I am trying to run a jar with the log4j.xml file on the file system outside the jar like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java -jar MyJarName.jar -cp=/opt/companyName/pathToJar/ log4j.configuration=log4j.xml argToJar1 argToJar2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have also tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java -jar MyJarName.jar -cp=/opt/companyName/pathToJar/ log4j.configuration=/opt/companyName/pathToJar/log4j.xml argToJar1 argToJar2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The log4j.xml is file is in the same directory as the jar (/opt/companyName/pathToJar/), yet I still get the standard warning message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.axis.i18n.ProjectResourceBundle).
  log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible to have the config file outside the jar, or do I have to package it with the jar? </p>
  
  <p>TIA</p>