Yes it does Cheers Pascal
On 3 June 2012 07:55, Lee Chun Kit <chunki...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you change your configuration > from > <datePattern value="Error\s.yyyyMMdd.lo\g"/> > to > <datePattern value="error\s.yyyyMMdd.lo\g"/> > does the overwriting still happen? > > Regards, > Chun Kit > > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Pascal ROZE <pascal.r...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello everyone > > > > I have a rolling file appender hosted in an IIS 6.0 application that > looks > > like: > > > > <appender name="RollingFileError" > > type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> > > <file value="C:\Logfiles\"/> > > <datePattern value="Error\s.yyyyMMdd.lo\g"/> > > <threshold value="ALL"/> > > <appendToFile value="true"/> > > <rollingStyle value="Composite"/> > > <maximumFileSize value="1MB"/> > > <maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" /> > > <countDirection value="1" /> > > <staticLogFileName value="false"/> > > <preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true"/> > > <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> > > <conversionPattern value="*%-10level %-30date %-25logger > > %-15property{log4net:HostName} ThreadID: %-10thread %message %newline"/> > > </layout> > > </appender> > > > > So, at the end of the day, I have some files like Errors.20120601.0.log, > > Errors.20120601.1.log, Errors.20120601.2.log and so on. > > > > But, if the application is restarted during the day, log file names > restart > > from 0 and the existing files are overwritten one after the other. > > > > How to avoid that? > > > > Thanx for your help > > > > Pascal > > >