Documentation for JIRA 4.2. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too. 
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If JIRA is running as service in windows, stdout_*.log and stderr_*.log will be created, and over time, these files are rapidly growing and become large.
To change the stdout_.log and stderr_.log location such as D drive.
service.bat with editor and find the parameter below:
set PR_LOGPATH=%CATALINA_BASE%\logs set PR_STDOUTPUT=auto set PR_STDERROR=auto
set PR_LOGPATH=%CATALINA_BASE%\logs to any location you wish such as set PR_LOGPATH=D:\logsservice.bat install JIRA_SERVICE_NAME to install JIRA as service again.