Question

Is it possible to have log4net put its log files relative to the current working directory instead of the directory where the application resides?

In other words, if I run ..\myapp.exe, I don’t want the log files in ..\ I want them in .\

Answer 1

I ended up looking at the log4net source and determined I can implement my own appender that extends FileAppender and overrides the File property.

class CWDFileAppender : FileAppender
{
    public override string File
    {
        set
        {
            base.File = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), value);
        }
    }
}

I just use CWDFileAppender in my configuration.