Present in ER8

Did you by chance start the server you installed first? For some reason, EAP will modify the logging configuration to contain a hardcoded path after start up. 

I followed the reproduction procedure, and here is the result:

1) Right after install:
[[thauser] [11:46:01] FSWeww]$ll
total 172
-rw-rw-r--.  1 thauser thauser 166346 Dec 20 11:43 InstallationLog.txt
-rw-rw-r--.  1 thauser thauser   1422 Dec 20 11:40 InstallSummary.html
drwxrwxr-x. 15 thauser thauser   4096 Dec 20 11:43 jboss-eap-6.1

logging.properties contents:
handler.FILE.fileName=${org.jboss.boot.log.file:boot.log}

2) Rename: 
[[thauser] [11:47:10] FSWeww]$mv jboss-eap-6.1/ test/

3) Start: 
[[thauser] [11:47:42] FSWeww]$./test/bin/standalone.sh 

Results:
[[thauser] [11:53:48] FSWeww]$ll
total 172
-rw-rw-r--.  1 thauser thauser 166346 Dec 20 11:43 InstallationLog.txt
-rw-rw-r--.  1 thauser thauser   1422 Dec 20 11:40 InstallSummary.html
drwxrwxr-x. 15 thauser thauser   4096 Dec 20 11:43 test

logging.properties contents: 
handler.FILE.fileName=/home/thauser/FSWeww/test/standalone/log/server.log

Note that EAP is changing the logging.properties file. If you run the newly installed server first and then attempt to move it, you will hit this issue you have reported. However, it is not an installer issue.

Thanks for the analysis - I am changing the component

This needs an EAP issue if we want them to look at this. Please create and link.