#log4perl.logger.myapp=INFO, LOGFILE # --> i tried this first but without success log4perl.rootLogger=INFO,LOGFILE log4perl.appender.LOGFILE=Log::Log4perl::Appender::File log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.filename=myapp.log log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.mode=append log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout=PatternLayout log4perl.appender.LOGFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] [%p] %m%n