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Baha commented on LOG4NET-387: ------------------------------ - I'm using RollingLogFileAppender (please see the config below) - I'm writing text strings (not binary) //Write error message public static void WriteError(string message, params object[] args) { //get logger object ILogger log = GetLogger(); //write error message if (log.IsEnabledFor(Level.Error)) { message = string.Format(message, args); log.Log(typeof(Logger), Level.Error, message, null); } } <log4net debug="true"> <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <file value="Log.txt" /> <appendToFile value="true" /> <rollingStyle value="Size" /> <maxSizeRollBackups value="2" /> <maximumFileSize value="1MB" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="[%-5level] %date %type{1}.%method - %message%newline" /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="All" /> <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" /> </root> </log4net> > Mysterious characters in the log file > ------------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4NET-387 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-387 > Project: Log4net > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 1.2.10 > Environment: Windows XP, .Net 2.0 Framework, Windows Service > Application > Reporter: Baha > Priority: Blocker > Labels: bug > Fix For: 1.2.10 > > > We have a windows service application in production. This windows service is > logging greatly with no issues, but sometimes it starts logging mysterious > characters like in this screenshot: > https://files.secureserver.net/0sq7H3khXnoq67 > To fix this, we clean the log file, and restart the windows service again, > but in this way, we are loosing most of the logs (specially the > exception/error fired by the windows service). > Any idea on this will be greatly appreciated. > Baha Ashour, > RFID Enabled Solutions > b...@resrfid.com -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira