Question

All I want to do is append the current date and time to my log file, say:

'export_(Wed_Feb_21_2009_at_1_36_41PM)' 

Here is my current config from my app.config

<appender name='RollingFileAppender' type='log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender'>     <file value='c:\export.txt' />     <appendToFile value='true' />     <lockingModel type='log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock' />     <rollingStyle value='Size' />     <maxSizeRollBackups value='10' />     <layout type='log4net.Layout.PatternLayout'>         <conversionPattern value='%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message %stackTrace%newline' />     </layout> </appender> 

Is appending the date to my log file possible, or is it one of those things I need to do in code and not config?

Answer 1

Add the following to your config file

<appender name='rollingFile' type='log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender,log4net'>   <param name='File' value='c:\\ProjectX\\Log\\log.txt'/>   <param name='AppendToFile' value='true'/>   <lockingModel type='log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock'/>   <param name='RollingStyle' value='Date'/>   <param name='DatePattern' value='yyyy.MM.dd'/>   <param name='StaticLogFileName' value='true'/>   <layout type='log4net.Layout.PatternLayout,log4net'>     <param name='ConversionPattern' value='%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline'/>   </layout> </appender>