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+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#  The following properties set the logging levels and log appender.  The
+#  log4j.rootCategory variable defines the default log level and one or more
+#  appenders.  For the console, use 'S'.  For the daily rolling file, use 'R'.
+#  For an HTML formatted log, use 'H'.
+#
+#  To override the default (rootCategory) log level, define a property of the
+#  form (see below for available values):
+#
+#        log4j.logger. =
+#
+#    Available logger names:
+#      TODO
+#
+#    Possible Log Levels:
+#      FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log4j.rootCategory=INFO, S
+
+log4j.logger.com.dappit.Dapper.parser=ERROR
+log4j.logger.org.w3c.tidy=FATAL
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#  The following properties configure the console (stdout) appender.
+#  See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/index.html for details.
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log4j.appender.S = org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.S.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.S.layout.ConversionPattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %c{1} [%p] %m%n
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#  The following properties configure the Daily Rolling File appender.
+#  See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/index.html for details.
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log4j.appender.R = org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.R.File = logs/bensApps.log
+log4j.appender.R.Append = true
+log4j.appender.R.DatePattern = '.'yyy-MM-dd
+log4j.appender.R.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %c{1} [%p] %m%n
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+#  The following properties configure the Rolling File appender in HTML.
+#  See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/index.html for details.
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+log4j.appender.H = org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.H.File = logs/bensApps.html
+log4j.appender.H.MaxFileSize = 100KB
+log4j.appender.H.Append = false
+log4j.appender.H.layout = org.apache.log4j.HTMLLayout