David,
In order to fix the problem you have, you need to set that jar file
lib\dost.jar in DITA-OT directory into your CLASSPATH.
In windows, please use set CLASSPATH=<DIT-OT DIR>\lib\dost.jar
In linux, please use export CLASSPATH=<DIT-OT DIR>/lib/dost.jar

Best Regards,
Stephen

--- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "David" <davidlasvegasati@...> wrote:
>
> Jerry,
> I'm new to this group, having attended the User Group conference in
> Raleigh this May 2006. I've downloaded the toolkit (1.2) and installed
> the tools. I too am stuck at the "Unable to instantiate specified
> logger class org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger". I've run it from
> the command prompt with the following. "java -jar lib/dost.jar
> /i:samples/sequence.ditamap /outdir:out /transtype:xhtml".
> I haven't changed any of the provided XML files and am just working on
> trying to understand the calls. Your message thread below implies that
> I should be using the Java SDK 1.5. I've installed and am using
> version j2sdk1.4.2_08 (installed at the C: root). So.....
> 1. What do you (or anyone in the DITA group)suggest for
> troubleshooting this step?
> 2. Does anyone have any (good) experience using the SDK1.5 version?
> 3. I know I'm missing something but I don't know where to look next.
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
> David Oliver
>
> --- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Kimmel" <jkimmel@> wrote:
> >
> > Stephen,
> >
> > If I add the dita.temp.dir property to the ant script and process a
> > transform through ant, my temp files end up in c:\temp where I expect
> > them.
> > If I change the conductor_template.xml dita.temp.dir property to
> > C:${file.separator}temp and run a transform through ant, my temp files
> > end up in the c:\temp directory where I expect them.
> > I am still not able to run a transform through the java command line
> > with dita-ot1.2. I can't get past the "Unable to instantiate specified
> > logger class org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger" even though all
of my
> > install directories and environment variables match the 1.2 install
> > docs.
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Jerry Kimmel - jkimmel at vasont dot com
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dita-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dita-users@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Jerry Kimmel
> > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:42 AM
> > To: dita-users@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [dita-users] Re: DITA-OT1.1.2.1 Temp directory problem
> > Stephen,
> > No, the same issue also exists in release 1.2.
> > Here is my test for DITA-OT1.2:
> >
> > Change the dita.temp.dir property in conductor_template.xml from the
> > default "${basedir}${file.separator}temp" to C:${file.separator}temp.
> >
> > Delete the DITA-OT1.2\temp directory
> >
> > Run an xhtml transform from the commandline.
> >
> > As the transform is running, watch the DITA-OT1.2 directory - you will
> > see a temp directory be created.
> >
> > Watch the c:\temp directory - you will see all of the other temp
files
> > populate this temp directory.
> >
> > After the transform is finished, open the DITA-OT1.2\temp directory -
> > the property.temp file will have been created here, rather than in the
> > c:\temp directory.
> >
> > There is one difference between DITA-OT1.1.2.1 and DITA-OT1.2. For
> > DITA-OT1.2 I must edit the conductor_template.xml, whereas in
> > DITA-OT1.1.2.1 I edit conductor.xml. The conductor.xml is
rewritten each
> > time a transform is run in DITA-OT1.2.
> >
> > FYI - I was unable to actually complete a transform in DITA-OT1.2. I
> > added the DITA-OT1.2 dost.jar to my CLASSPATH, but did not install Sun
> > JDK 1.5. (I get the "Unable to instantiate specified logger class
> > org.dita.dost.log.DITAOTBuildlogger" error.)
> >
> > Will DITA-OT1.2 *only* run in Sun JDK 1.5.x? If so, this needs to be
> > spelled out more clearly in the release notes.
> >
> >
> >
> > Even though my transform failed, the DITA-OT1.2\temp directory is
> > created and populated with the new property.temp file in DITA-OT1.2.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Jerry Kimmel - jkimmel at vasont dot com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dita-users@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:dita-users@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of imagiczhang
> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:40 PM
> > To: dita-users@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [dita-users] Re: DITA-OT1.1.2.1 Temp directory problem
> >
> >
> >
> > Jerry,
> > If possible, can you have a try on the latest release of DITA-OT. I
> > tested on release 1.2 and believe that this bug is fixed on release
> > 1.2 . Thanks.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Stephen Zhang
> >
> > --- In dita-users@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Kimmel" <jkimmel@> wrote:
> > >
> > > We ran into an issue when we changed the default dita.temp.dir
> > property
> > > (in conductor.xml) from the default
"${basedir}${file.separator}temp"
> > to
> > > a directory on a mapped drive, and deleted the temp directory
from the
> > > DITA-OT1.1.2.1 directory tree.
> > >
> > > FYI - the mapped drive is different for each user.
> > >
> > > Everything was fine except that the "property.temp" file was still
> > being
> > > written to the 'default' DITA-OT/temp directory (and the temp
> > directory
> > > was being created), rather than to the directory on the mapped
drive.
> > >
> > > This created a problem from a permissions point of view in that
a user
> > > who couldn't write to the 'default' DITA-OT/temp directory couldn't
> > run
> > > any transforms - even though he had permission to the new temp
> > directory
> > > on the mapped drive, he had no write permissions to the 'default'
> > > directory where DITA-OT was installed. He now has to have permission
> > to
> > > write here.
> > >
> > > As a temporary fix, I make sure to delete the 'default' DITA-OT/temp
> > > directory after every transform - but this still presents a problem
> > > because different users could potentially overwrite (or delete) each
> > > other's property.temp file because that file always get written
to the
> > > same place.
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------
> > > Jerry Kimmel - jkimmel at vasont dot com
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