title: log4j:WARN No such property [append] in org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
body: <p>Can someone help me with this error message. I don't know why my application is not able to log messages. It is always showing the warning message when I run it. I could not get any much help in Google. </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>log4j:WARN No such property [append] in
    org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I kept the <code>log4j.properties</code> file under src folder</p>
  
  <pre>
  log4j.debug=true  
  log4j.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT
  log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
  log4j.appender.STDOUT.Target=System.out
  log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
  log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p - %-32c{1} - %m\n
  </pre>
  
  <p>My application is a Spring MVC project</p>
  
  <p>Here is the complete properties file</p>
  
  <pre>
  log4j.debug=true
  # Root logger option
  log4j.rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT
  
  # Direct log messages to a log file
  log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
  
  #Redirect to Tomcat logs folder
  #log4j.appender.file.File=${catalina.home}/logs/logging.log
  
  log4j.appender.file.File=C:\\logigng.log
  log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=10MB
  log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=10
  log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
  log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p - %-32c{1} - %m\n
  
  # Direct log messages to stdout
  log4j.appender.STDOUT=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
  #log4j.appender.STDOUT.Target=System.out
  log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
  log4j.appender.STDOUT.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p - %-32c{1} - %m\n
  </pre>