Question

The problem with the code below is the directory is getting created on server but file is not getting created, when i run locally on my system then it runs fine, please suggest what can be done, this is my priority 1. thnx

public static void CreateLog(string strToLog)
    {
        try
        {
            string excepfile = "CacheServerLogs_" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString().Replace("-", "_") + ".txt";
            FileStream fs = null;
            StreamWriter sw = null;
            string mydocpath = "C:\\CacheServerLogs";
            if (!Directory.Exists(mydocpath))
                Directory.CreateDirectory(mydocpath);
            string exceptionfile = Path.Combine(mydocpath, excepfile);
            //string exceptionfile = mydocpath + "\\" + excepfile;
            if (!File.Exists(exceptionfile))
                fs = File.Create(exceptionfile);
            else
                sw = File.AppendText(exceptionfile);
            sw = sw == null ? new StreamWriter(fs) : sw;
            sw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString() + " - " + strToLog);
            sw.Close();
            if (fs != null)
                fs.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            HandleException(ex);
        }
    }

May be there is user permission problem but i’m trying that to.. giving folder every possible permission…

Answer 1

Actually the error was with

string excepfile = "CacheServerLogs_" + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString().Replace("-", "_") + ".txt";

in my system the format was 22-05-2012 but on the server was 22\05\2012 so this was creating error on path not found…