For debugging purpose I want hive log to be written in a separate directory, how can I achieve it without changing log4j settings from ambar

[#1 · Accepted solution]

try this will create log in tmp folder with the name of hive.log

hive --hiveconf hive.root.logger=debug,DRFA -Dhive.log.dir=/tmp -Dhive.log.file=hive.log