Hi There, I dont think I have an answer to your question just now - but can I ask why you would prefer to defer creating the log file?
From: wolfg...@wollinet.com To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org Subject: Defer file creation Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:15:28 +0200 Hi Everbody, I’m looking for a way to defer the creation of the log file until the first entry is logged. I want to use log4net for writing protocols for jobs that can be executed in my application. With my current configuration the file is created during startup which makes no sense if the job doesn’t run. My current configuration: <appender name="…" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <file value="....." /> <appendToFile value="false" /> <rollingStyle value="Date" /> <datePattern value="yyyy_MM_dd.\tx\t" /> <staticLogFileName value="false" /> <threshold value="INFO" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="%date;%level;%m%n" /> </layout> </appender> One possibility seems to be to generate the appender programmatically, but then I lose a lot of flexibility. Another one is writing my own appender (or subclassing an existing one). Is there another way ? Any help is appreciated, Wolfgang _________________________________________________________________ Share your memories online with anyone you want. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/