# Pattern format: Date LogLevel LoggerName LogMessage
log4j.appender.DRFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} - %m%n
# Debugging Pattern format: Date LogLevel LoggerName (FileName:MethodName:LineNo) LogMessage
#log4j.appender.DRFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
#
# stdout
# Add *stdout* to rootlogger above if you want to use this
#
log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
#
# plain layout used for commandline tools to output to console
#
log4j.appender.cmdstdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.cmdstdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.cmdstdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%m%n
基本步骤如下：
1、指定log4j.rootLogger
log4j.rootLogger=INFO,DRFA
【可选】为单独某个包或者类指定日志级别及appender
#special logging requirements for some commandline tools
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.crawl.Crawl=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.host.HostInjectorJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.crawl.GeneratorJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.crawl.DbUpdaterJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.host.HostDbUpdateJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.fetcher.FetcherJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.parse.ParserJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.indexer.DeleteDuplicates=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.indexer.CleaningJob=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.crawl.WebTableReader=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.host.HostDbReader=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.parse.ParserChecker=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.indexer.IndexingFiltersChecker=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.plugin.PluginRepository=WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch.api.NutchServer=INFO,cmdstdout
log4j.logger.org.apache.nutch=INFO
log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop=WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=WARN
log4j.logger.org.apache.gora=WARN
因此，nutch相关的包大多数日志均被重新指定了指向cmdstdout，而其它日志，如hadoop, zookeeper, gora只是重新定义了日志级别，而未重新定义appender，因此它们日志将被指向DRFA。
【可选】指定threshold
# Logging Threshold
log4j.threshold=ALL
2、指定某个appender的属性
cmstd:
#
# plain layout used for commandline tools to output to console
#
log4j.appender.cmdstdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.cmdstdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.cmdstdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%m%n
%m 输出代码中指定的信息，如log(message)中的message
%n 输出一个回车换行符，Windows平台为“rn”，Unix平台为“n
DRFA:
#
# Daily Rolling File Appender
#
log4j.appender.DRFA=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
log4j.appender.DRFA.File=${hadoop.log.dir}/${hadoop.log.file}
# Rollver at midnight
log4j.appender.DRFA.DatePattern=.yyyy-MM-dd
# 30-day backup
#log4j.appender.DRFA.MaxBackupIndex=30
log4j.appender.DRFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout