Log4Net File Appender Not Logging

Question

my FileAppender isn\'t working. It probably isn\'t a permissions thing as I\'m local admin.

I\'ve enabled internal debugging and I\'m not getting any errors or exce

Answer 1

have you tryede RollingFileAppender ?

<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender" >
  <file value="C:\log-file.txt" />
  <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
  <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
  <rollingStyle value="Composite" />
  <appendToFile value="true" />
  <staticLogFileName value="true" />
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%ndc] - %message%newline" />
  </layout>
</appender>

Answer 2

There are 2 main options to enable logging. Refer to the Configuration manual for more details.

1. Use XmlConfigurator.Configure()
2. Add [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch=true)] to AssemblyInfo.cs

BasicConfigurator.Configure() can only write to the console.

Answer 3

Based on your description I assumed, that you used the BasicConfigurator (supports only ConsoleAppender) instead of the XmlConfigurator. Switching to the XmlConfigurator should fix your problem.

Answer 4

I created this helper class

1) you can initiate as many appender you need across the applications so if one dll call other dll both can initiate appenders and both appends will work. 2) also you can close the appender and ( as in case of file appender) then send it as a email

Log4NetFileHelper log = new Log4NetFileHelper();
        log.Init(); //Initialize
        log.AddConsoleLogging(); //Add Console Logging
        log.AddFileLogging(Path.Combine(AssemblyDirectory, "BatchConsole.log")); //Add Console Logging
        log.AddFileLogging(Path.Combine(AssemblyDirectory, "BatchConsole_error.log"),log4net.Core.Level.Error); //Add Console Logging



public class Log4NetFileHelper
{
    private string  DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME=string.Format("application_log_{0}.log",DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMMdd_hhmm"));
    Logger root;
    public Log4NetFileHelper()
    {

    }

    public virtual void Init()
    {
        root = ((Hierarchy)LogManager.GetRepository()).Root;
        //root.AddAppender(GetConsoleAppender());
        //root.AddAppender(GetFileAppender(sFileName));
        root.Repository.Configured = true;
    }

    #region Public Helper Methods
    #region Console Logging
    public virtual void AddConsoleLogging()
    {
        ConsoleAppender C = GetConsoleAppender();
        AddConsoleLogging(C);
    }

    public virtual void AddConsoleLogging(ConsoleAppender C)
    {
        root.AddAppender(C);
    }
    #endregion

    #region File Logging
    public virtual FileAppender AddFileLogging()
    {
        return AddFileLogging(DEFAULT_LOG_FILENAME);
    }

    public virtual FileAppender AddFileLogging(string sFileFullPath)
    {
        return AddFileLogging(sFileFullPath, log4net.Core.Level.All);
    }

    public virtual FileAppender AddFileLogging(string sFileFullPath, log4net.Core.Level threshold)
    {
        return AddFileLogging(sFileFullPath, threshold,true);  
    }

    public virtual FileAppender AddFileLogging(string sFileFullPath, log4net.Core.Level threshold, bool bAppendfile)
    {
        FileAppender appender = GetFileAppender(sFileFullPath, threshold , bAppendfile);
        root.AddAppender(appender);
        return appender;
    }

    public virtual SmtpAppender AddSMTPLogging(string smtpHost, string From, string To, string CC, string subject, log4net.Core.Level threshhold)
    {
        SmtpAppender appender = GetSMTPAppender(smtpHost, From, To, CC, subject, threshhold);
         root.AddAppender(appender);
         return appender;
    }

    #endregion


    public log4net.Appender.IAppender GetLogAppender(string AppenderName)
    {
        AppenderCollection ac = ((log4net.Repository.Hierarchy.Hierarchy)LogManager.GetRepository()).Root.Appenders;

        foreach(log4net.Appender.IAppender appender in ac){
            if (appender.Name == AppenderName)
            {
                return appender;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    public void CloseAppender(string AppenderName)
    {
        log4net.Appender.IAppender appender = GetLogAppender(AppenderName);
        CloseAppender(appender);
    }

    private void CloseAppender(log4net.Appender.IAppender appender)
    {
        appender.Close();
    }

    #endregion

    #region Private Methods

    private SmtpAppender GetSMTPAppender(string smtpHost, string From, string To, string CC, string subject, log4net.Core.Level threshhold)
    {
        SmtpAppender lAppender = new SmtpAppender();
        lAppender.Cc = CC;
        lAppender.To = To;
        lAppender.From = From;
        lAppender.SmtpHost = smtpHost;
        lAppender.Subject = subject;
        lAppender.BufferSize = 512;
        lAppender.Lossy = false;
        lAppender.Layout = new
        log4net.Layout.PatternLayout("%date{dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss,fff} %5level [%2thread] %message (%logger{1}:%line)%n");
        lAppender.Threshold = threshhold;
        lAppender.ActivateOptions();
        return lAppender;
    }

    private ConsoleAppender GetConsoleAppender()
    {
        ConsoleAppender lAppender = new ConsoleAppender();
        lAppender.Name = "Console";
        lAppender.Layout = new 
        log4net.Layout.PatternLayout(" %message %n");
        lAppender.Threshold = log4net.Core.Level.All;
        lAppender.ActivateOptions();
        return lAppender;
    } 
    /// <summary>
    /// DETAILED Logging 
    /// log4net.Layout.PatternLayout("%date{dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss,fff} %5level [%2thread] %message (%logger{1}:%line)%n");
    ///  
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="sFileName"></param>
    /// <param name="threshhold"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private FileAppender GetFileAppender(string sFileName , log4net.Core.Level threshhold ,bool bFileAppend)
    {
        FileAppender lAppender = new FileAppender();
        lAppender.Name = sFileName;
        lAppender.AppendToFile = bFileAppend;
        lAppender.File = sFileName;
        lAppender.Layout = new 
        log4net.Layout.PatternLayout("%date{dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss,fff} %5level [%2thread] %message (%logger{1}:%line)%n");
        lAppender.Threshold = threshhold;
        lAppender.ActivateOptions();
        return lAppender;
    }

    //private FileAppender GetFileAppender(string sFileName)
    //{
    //    return GetFileAppender(sFileName, log4net.Core.Level.All,true);
    //}

    #endregion

    private void  ConfigureLog(string sFileName)
    {


    }
}