title: unable to write the logs to log file using log4j through Gradle
body: <p>I am working on Cucumber TestNg Gradle automation project. As I am new to Gradle and not able to figure the issue though I have put in appropriate log4j dependencies in build.gradle file. Can somebody look into this issue and provide the solutions or advise me on what went wrong due to which logs are not written to log file called &quot;ApplicationLogs.log&quot;</p>
  <p><strong>Below is my project structure</strong></p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/eT0It.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/eT0It.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p><strong>Below is my Log4j.properties file contents</strong></p>
  <h1>Root logger option</h1>
  <pre><code>    log4j.rootLogger=INFO, RFILE,STDOUT
      
      # Console Appender
      log4j.appender.name=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{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%-5p] [%c{1}] - [%M] %m%n
      
      
      # Rolling File Appender
      log4j.appender.name=RFILE
      log4j.appender.RFILE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
      log4j.appender.RFILE.File=./Automation_Report/logs/ApplicationLogs.log
      log4j.appender.RFILE.threshold=INFO
      log4j.appender.RFILE.maxFileSize=25MB
      log4j.appender.RFILE.maxBackupIndex=100
      log4j.appender.RFILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
      log4j.appender.RFILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%-5p] [%c{1}] - [%M] %m%n
  </code></pre>
  <p><strong>Below is my build.gradle File Contents</strong></p>
  <pre><code>plugins {
          id 'java'
          id 'maven-publish'
          id 'java-library'
          id 'java-gradle-plugin'
          id 'application'
      }
              
      apply plugin: 'java'
  
  repositories {
         
          mavenCentral()
              jcenter()
      }
      
      task deleteGraphicsAssets(type: Delete) {
          delete &quot;build&quot;
      }
  
   version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
      sourceCompatibility = 1.8
  
  dependencies {
          // This dependency is exported to consumers, that is to say found on their compile classpath.
          api 'org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1'
      
          // This dependency is used internally, and not exposed to consumers on their own compile classpath.
          implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:28.2-jre'
      
        
          implementation gradleApi()
          
          //Cucumber
          testImplementation  'io.cucumber:cucumber-java:4.8.0'
          
          //compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-jvm', version: '4.8.0', ext: 'pom'
           testImplementation  'io.cucumber:cucumber-jvm:4.8.0'
          
          compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-core', version: '4.8.0'
         // testImplementation  'io.cucumber:cucumber-core:4.8.0'
         
         compile group: 'io.cucumber', name: 'cucumber-testng', version: '4.8.0'
         //testImplementation  'io.cucumber:cucumber-testng:4.8.0'
          
         implementation  'io.cucumber:cucumber-picocontainer:4.7.4'
          testImplementation  'io.cucumber:cucumber-gherkin:5.1.0'
         
          
         //TestNg
         // testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:6.14.3'
          testCompile group: 'org.testng', name: 'testng', version: '6.14.3'
          
         //Reports
         testImplementation  'com.aventstack:extentreports:4.1.7'
         testImplementation  'com.aventstack:extentreports-cucumber4-adapter:1.0.12'
         
         //Maven Compiler , Surefire Plugin ,Poi
         testImplementation  'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.22.2'
         testImplementation  'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1' 
         testImplementation 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:4.1.2'
          
          //Log4j &amp; SLF4J
            compile group: 'log4j', name: 'log4j', version: '1.2.17'
         
          // #Rest Assured Apis
           testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured:3.3.0'
           testImplementation 'org.json:json:20180813'
           testImplementation 'com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:1.1.1'
           
           
           
           //#Selenium Apis
           compile group: 'org.seleniumhq.selenium', name: 'selenium-server', version: '3.141.59'
           implementation 'com.paulhammant:ngwebdriver:1.1.4'
           
           compile group: 'org.seleniumhq.selenium', name: 'selenium-htmlunit-driver', version: '2.52.0'
           implementation 'org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.0.0-alpha-4'
           
            //testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:2.2'
        
          }
  
  test {
          testLogging.showStandardStreams = true
          systemProperties System.getProperties()
      }
  
  configurations {
          cucumberRuntime.extendsFrom testImplementation
      }
      
      
        task cucumber() {
          dependsOn assemble,testClasses
          doLast {
              javaexec {
                  main = &quot;io.cucumber.core.cli.Main&quot;
                  classpath = configurations.cucumberRuntime + sourceSets.main.output + sourceSets.test.output
                  
                  
                  args = ['--plugin', 'pretty', 
                  
                          '--plugin', 'json:target/AppleBrands.json', 
                          
                          '--plugin',  'com.aventstack.extentreports.cucumber.adapter.ExtentCucumberAdapter:Report',
                          
                       
                            '--glue','com.apple.brands.test.stepdefinition',
                          
                            'src/test/resources','src/main/java',
      
                          '--tags', '@Api'         
                      ]
                        
              }
             
          }
        }
        
       
         
         tasks.test {
          finalizedBy cucumber
      }
  </code></pre>