We configure our logging in code using an external xml file using log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch.
This way I can change my logging settings without resetting my website. Mike 2009/8/6 Karim Bourouba <[email protected]>: > > Hi There, > > > > I understand you desire to have a central directory for log files - but > surely if they are all going to live in the \Configs dir, then this > directory will always be in the same place on each machine? > > > > Other than that, I think unless you want to have a seperate utility to > manage your logfiles for you, then you will probably need to set the path in > the code :( > > > > Raszka - sometimes it is very useful to hold some configuration in an > external xml file. > > > > ________________________________ > Subject: RE: relative path for config file > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:14:47 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi, > you can try this: > <add key="log4net.Config.File" value="~\configs\log4net.config" /> > but I'm not sure if this works. What you are using external config > file? log4net config can be written directly in web.config. > RR > ________________________________ > Od: Christian Chenier [mailto:[email protected]] > Odesláno: 5. srpna 2009 18:16 > Komu: [email protected] > Předmět: relative path for config file > > Hi, > > I use log4net in a C# web application and am having problems configuring it > to use a relative path to point to the location of a configuration file > external to web.config. > > > > In web.config, if I use > > <add key="log4net.Config.File" value="C:\somePath\log4net.config" /> > > all works fine. However, I would like to avoid having to hard-code the > physical path and would like to specify something like > > <add key="log4net.Config.File" value="configs\log4net.config" /> > > where the configs directory is located in the same directory as web.config > (the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory). However this does not work (I > no longer get anything output to my log file when I make that change). > > > > I understand that one can programmatically construct a full path from the > base directory, but there is surely a way to specify a relative path > directly in the web.config file? I have tried modifying the string using > leading slash (and backslash), etc. to no avail, and could not find a > solution anywhere. Does anyone know how to do this? > > > > (As an aside, using a relative path to specify the output file name within > the <appender> works fine, relative to the base directory.) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris Chenier > > > > ________________________________ > Windows Live Messenger: Happy 10-Year Anniversary-get free winks and > emoticons. Get Them Now
