Log4Net: Rolling File appender, define extension

configlog4netrollingfileappender

I want my logfile to look something like this:
2009-02-13.log

but the problem is that I can't seem to find any way to add the .log extension.

I've tried a lot of things but nothing helps.
This is what I have this far:

<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <file value="Logs/Log4Net/.log"/>
    <appendToFile value="true"/>
    <rollingStyle value="Date"/>
    <datePattern value="yyyy-MM-dd" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline"/>
    </layout>
</appender>

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The other answers escape the "g" in "log" since "g" is a special character in datePattern. This isn't wrong, but I prefer to wrap the entire set of non-date characters in single quotes, like so:

<datePattern value="yyyy-MM-dd'.log'" />

This gives the same results, but is easier for me to manage. This way, I don't have to recall which specific characters are special for datePattern (the list is long and varied). If I forget one character then I don't run the risk of borking my file names; they're all nicely escaped en masse.

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You can use date or utcdate to format a date to your specification:

date

Used to output the date of the logging event in the local time zone. To output the date in universal time use the %utcdate pattern. The date conversion specifier may be followed by a date format specifier enclosed between braces. For example, %date{HH:mm:ss,fff} or %date{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,fff}. If no date format specifier is given then ISO8601 format is assumed (Iso8601DateFormatter).

The date format specifier admits the same syntax as the time pattern string of the ToString.

For better results it is recommended to use the log4net date formatters. These can be specified using one of the strings "ABSOLUTE", "DATE" and "ISO8601" for specifying AbsoluteTimeDateFormatter, DateTimeDateFormatter and respectively Iso8601DateFormatter. For example, %date{ISO8601} or %date{ABSOLUTE}.

These dedicated date formatters perform significantly better than ToString.

utcdate

Used to output the date of the logging event in universal time. The date conversion specifier may be followed by a date format specifier enclosed between braces. For example, %utcdate{HH:mm:ss,fff} or %utcdate{dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss,fff}. If no date format specifier is given then ISO8601 format is assumed (Iso8601DateFormatter).

The date format specifier admits the same syntax as the time pattern string of the ToString.

For better results it is recommended to use the log4net date formatters. These can be specified using one of the strings "ABSOLUTE", "DATE" and "ISO8601" for specifying AbsoluteTimeDateFormatter, DateTimeDateFormatter and respectively Iso8601DateFormatter. For example, %utcdate{ISO8601} or %utcdate{ABSOLUTE}.

These dedicated date formatters perform significantly better than ToString.

Source: log4net PatternLayout documentation.

Can Log4net have multiple appenders write to the same file

Yes you can have two log4net appenders that append (write) to the same log file.

You need to place the following line in each of your Appenders:

<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />

This will make log4net use a minimal locking model that allows multiple processes to write to the same file.

Here's an example XML that uses two appenders writing to the same log file:

<log4net debug="false">
<appender name="RollingLogFileAppender1" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
  <!-- this configures a log for the application messages -->
  <file value="TestLog.log" />
  <appendToFile value="true" />
  <!-- next line uses a minimal locking model that allows multiple processes to write to the same file -->
  <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
  <rollingStyle value="Size" />
  <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
  <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
  <staticLogFileName value="true" />
  <!-- make the most recent log the highest numbered log -->
  <countDirection value="1" />
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%-5level %date{MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss.ff} [%property{NDC}] %message%newline [Thread: %thread] %c{1} Method:%method(%file{1}, Line:%line) %newline" />
  </layout>
  <!-- The following two filters insure only log requests of 
        version '1' use this Appender -->
</appender>
<appender name="RollingLogFileAppender2" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
  <file value="TestLog.log" />
  <appendToFile value="true" />
  <!-- next line uses a minimal locking model that allows multiple processes to write to the same file -->
  <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
  <rollingStyle value="Size" />
  <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
  <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
  <staticLogFileName value="true" />
  <!-- make the most recent log the highest numbered log -->
  <countDirection value="1" />
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%-5level %date{MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss.ff} [%property{NDC}] [Thread: %thread] %c{1} Method:%method(%file{1}, Line:%line) %newline%message" />
  </layout>
</appender>
<root>
  <level value="DEBUG" />
  <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender1" />
  <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender2" />
</root>

This can be found in the Apache documentation here: Apache Log4Net Docs Just search on this page for 'same file'.

Hope this helps.

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