This is a bug in the FileAppender. It has been fixed in the CVS repository. You can either make a local mod to your copy of the source or pull the CVS version of log4net and use that.
The fix is to add an Directory.Exists check around the Directory.CreateDirectory. Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Grabowski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 February 2005 02:58 > To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org > Subject: FileAppender's OpenFile() has mandatory call to > Directory.CreateDirectory(...) > > When I uploaded my project to my web hosting company I was > able to capture log4net's internal debug messages and output > them to a file (which tells me the folder where the log files > are being written to exists and is writable). The following > exception appeared in the log > file: > > OpenFile(d:\hosting\xyz\Logs\log.txt,True) call failed. > System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part > of the path "d:\". > at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String str) > at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String > fullPath, String path) > at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path) > at log4net.Appender.FileAppender.OpenFile(String fileName, Boolean > append) > > Visual Studio told me this about the exception: > > " > System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: The specified path is > invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive. > " > > It does exist becuase I'm logging log4net's internal messages > to a file in the same folder: > > d:\hosting\xyz\Logs\log4net.txt > > I use the following code to create that file: > > string physicalPathLogFile = > Path.Combine( > System.Web.HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath, > LOG4NET_LOG_FILE); > > FileStream fileStream = new FileStream( > physicalPathLogFile, > FileMode.Create, > FileAccess.Write ); > > If I comment out this line in FileAppender (and the lines > that reference LogLog, m_fileName, and m_appendToFile): > > // Ensure that the directory structure exists > Directory.CreateDirectory((new FileInfo(fileName)).DirectoryName); > > Everything works ok. Is there a way to tell the FileAppender > that I _don't_ want to perform the directory structure check? > > - Ron >
