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+### direct log messages to stdout ###
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
+log4j.rootLogger=info, stdout
+
+###  file appender log ###
+log4j.logger.clojure.core=INFO, rollingFile
+
+log4j.appender.rollingFile=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.rollingFile.File=${log4j.logdir}blarg.log
+log4j.appender.rollingFile.MaxFileSize=1MB
+log4j.appender.rollingFile.MaxBackupIndex=1000
+log4j.appender.rollingFile.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.rollingFile.layout.ConversionPattern=%m%n
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