where does System.out.println statements gets printed in websphere App Server

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I have an application which is configured on IBM WebSphere 6.0 version.

In that application, where ever the System.out.printlN() Statements, are there Where do they get printed? I mean which log files, will get it printed? In standalone I can check in the console, that application is deployed in windows server box
How to Identify where all the log.debug, log.info statements get printed from the application into the server box. I tried checking in log4j.properties, but didnot find any useful info about that.

Background, we have a Websphere app server, where we have configured 2 Nodes and I am deploying in the Node 01, on my changes and trying to debug, but no help.

Please guide if any one has past exp on it.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2988375/location-of-log-file-sysout-log-of-ibm-websphere/3065240#3065240 — Rick, Oct 29 '12 at 16:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '12 at 16:56

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I haven't been using WebSphere 6 lately. I newer versions you have a profile directory and a log directory within where the log file reside.

The second option is to go into the WAS administration console and go to "Troubleshooting > Logs and Trace > server_name " there you can directly view the logs. This way is documented for WAS 6.0 as well.

answered Oct 23 '12 at 16:56

Udo Held

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Will the admin console also show you the location of the files? I believe it does in current versions. – dbreaux Oct 25 '12 at 14:40
Actually I can't tell. We don't run that old versions anymore. – Udo Held Oct 25 '12 at 16:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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As others have hinted, by default the SystemOut.log and SystemErr.log files are located in each node's profiles/<profileName>/<serverName>/logs directory. (These locations and file names can be overridden in the Administration Console.)

log4j logs will depend on the appenders in your log4j configuration (could be a log4j.properties or a log4j.xml file), but might also be affected by whether anything in your application uses Jakarta Commons Logging. If it does, you may find all log4j logging also going to SystemOut.log.

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answered Oct 23 '12 at 21:28

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Ahh, good point @UdoHeld. It's been so long that if that's true, I don't remember it. – dbreaux Oct 25 '12 at 14:39

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '12 at 16:58

It should get logged in Program files/IBM/SDP/profiles/runtimes/baseV6...

something like this .currently am at home and I don't have exact path.But search in profile directory .

You should always define your own path for appenders in your applications logging.xml instead of using default path of WAS.

score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 25 '12 at 09:14

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The log files are resided at C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1\logs\server1

answered Oct 25 '12 at 09:14

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where does System.out.println statements gets printed in websphere App Server

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