title: How to configure log4j.properties file for file appenders in netbeans 6.8?
body: <p>I am new to log4j and logging activities.</p>
  
  <p>I have log4.properties file.</p>
  
  <pre><code>**log4j.rootCategory=INFO, stdout
  log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
  log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
  log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n**
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>please suggest me how to configure it to log message into my specified file like i want it to log somewhere(i.e c:\abc.log);</p>
  
  <p>let me know if you require some more inforamtion</p>