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+# Define some default values that can be overridden by system properties
+zookeeper.root.logger=SEVERE, CONSOLE
+zookeeper.console.threshold=WARN
+zookeeper.log.dir=.
+zookeeper.log.file=zookeeper.log
+zookeeper.log.threshold=WARN
+zookeeper.tracelog.dir=.
+zookeeper.tracelog.file=zookeeper_trace.log
+
+log4j.logger.edu.uci.ics=INFO
+
+#
+# ZooKeeper Logging Configuration
+#
+
+# Format is "<default threshold> (, <appender>)+
+
+# DEFAULT: console appender only
+log4j.rootLogger=WARN
+
+# Example with rolling log file
+#log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, CONSOLE, ROLLINGFILE
+
+# Example with rolling log file and tracing
+#log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, CONSOLE, ROLLINGFILE, TRACEFILE
+
+#
+# Log INFO level and above messages to the console
+#
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.Threshold=${zookeeper.console.threshold}
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n
+
+#
+# Add ROLLINGFILE to rootLogger to get log file output
+#    Log DEBUG level and above messages to a log file
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.Threshold=${zookeeper.log.threshold}
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.File=${zookeeper.log.dir}/${zookeeper.log.file}
+
+# Max log file size of 10MB
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.MaxFileSize=10MB
+# uncomment the next line to limit number of backup files
+#log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.MaxBackupIndex=10
+
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.ROLLINGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n
+
+
+#
+# Add TRACEFILE to rootLogger to get log file output
+#    Log DEBUG level and above messages to a log file
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.Threshold=TRACE
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.File=${zookeeper.tracelog.dir}/${zookeeper.tracelog.file}
+
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+### Notice we are including log4j's NDC here (%x)
+log4j.appender.TRACEFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [myid:%X{myid}] - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L][%x] - %m%n