From 2207b79b73e62729b4136bfeed85bce510fabec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Kopp <kopp.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:34:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix log file path on Windows (#11028)

---
 src/main/java/org/jabref/Launcher.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/Launcher.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/Launcher.java
index a8926ae2e3e..8f1ea3229c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/Launcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/Launcher.java
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ private static void addLogToDisk() {
                 "level", isDebugEnabled ? "debug" : "info",
                 "writerFile", "rolling file",
                 "writerFile.level", isDebugEnabled ? "debug" : "info",
-                "writerFile.file", directory.resolve("log_{date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss}.txt").toString(),
+                // We need to manually join the path, because ".resolve" does not work on Windows, because ":" is not allowed in file names on Windows
+                "writerFile.file", directory + File.separator + "log_{date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss}.txt",
                 "writerFile.charset", "UTF-8",
                 "writerFile.policies", "startup",
                 "writerFile.backups", "30");