[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-246?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13101527#comment-13101527 ]
Uri Goldstein commented on LOG4NET-246: --------------------------------------- Will do. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-246?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13101197#comment-13101197] specified using the "log4net.Config" appsetting key --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- log4net by adding a key like this in the host application's configuration <appSettings> section: specified (log4net/Core/DefaultRepositorySelector.cs, line 725). This means the file is not watched for changes during program run time. key to specify whether log4net should watch the file or not. only be taken into consideration if the "log4net.Config" key is specified. > Make it possible to choose whether or not to watch configuration files > specified using the "log4net.Config" appsetting key > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4NET-246 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-246 > Project: Log4net > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 1.2.10 > Reporter: Uri Goldstein > Priority: Minor > Labels: appsettings, configuration > Fix For: 1.2.11 > > Attachments: DefaultRepositorySelector-LOG4NET-246-PatchA.patch > > > Currently (v1.2.10) it is possible to specify a configuration file for > log4net by adding a key like this in the host application's configuration > <appSettings> section: > <add key="log4net.Config" value="Log.config" /> > This defaults to invoking XmlConfigurator.Configure() on the file specified > (log4net/Core/DefaultRepositorySelector.cs, line 725). This means the file > is not watched for changes during program run time. > It would be nice if there was some way similar to the above <appSettings> key > to specify whether log4net should watch the file or not. > I might propose that a new key is introduced in this fashion: > <add key="log4net.Config.Watch" value="true" /> > This key would denote a bool value defaulting to false. The value would only > be taken into consideration if the "log4net.Config" key is specified. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira