Log4net rolling daily filename with date in the file name
I would like to have files named for example:
dd.mm.yyyy.log
How is this possible with log4net?
Solution 1:
<appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock"/>
<file value="logs\" />
<datePattern value="dd.MM.yyyy'.log'" />
<staticLogFileName value="false" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="5MB" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
Solution 2:
In your Log4net config file, use the following parameter with the RollingFileAppender:
<param name="DatePattern" value="dd.MM.yyyy'.log'" />
Solution 3:
For a RollingLogFileAppender you also need these elements and values:
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<staticLogFileName value="false" />
Solution 4:
I ended up using (note the '.log' filename and the single quotes around 'myfilename_'):
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<datePattern value="'myfilename_'yyyy-MM-dd"/>
<preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true" />
<staticLogFileName value="false" />
<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="c:\\Logs\\.log" />
This gives me:
myfilename_2015-09-22.log
myfilename_2015-09-23.log
.
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