specify directory for filehandler for log files

Question

Handler h = new FileHandler("MyDailyLogFile_" + sdf.format(date)
                    + ".log", true);

I am looking produce daily log file for my application. I have a run script in directory home\lse\scripts from which the application runs. This is where all the logs files get saved. The environment is UNIX. I would like to specify the log files to be saved in home\lse\logs. How do I specify the logs directory within FileHandler() ?

Answer 1

Take a look at the javadoc. Maybe you can specify this in the pattern.

Answer 2

Handler h = new FileHandler("../logs/MyDailyLogFile_" + sdf.format(date)
                    + ".log", true);