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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