Thanks Nicko, that's very clearly put and your two-file suggestion gives me something to think about. I haven't come across the 'threshold' property yet. I've probably been reproducing it by other means ;-)
CJ Nicko Cadell wrote: >You need to add a separate appender for each level and add a >LevelMatchFilter to each for the desired level. e.g.: > ><appender name="FileAppenderDebug" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender"> > <file value="log-debug.txt" /> > <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%date %-5level >%logger - %message%newline" /> > > <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelMatchFilter"> > <levelToMatch value="DEBUG" /> > </filter> > <filter type="log4net.Filter.DenyAllFilter" /> ></appender> > >(repeat for INFO, WARN, ERROR, and FATAL) > >Then set the root logger up to try to log to all the appenders: > ><root> > <level value="DEBUG" /> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppenderDebug" /> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppenderInfo" /> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppenderWarn" /> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppenderError" /> > <appender-ref ref="FileAppenderFatal" /> ></root> > > >In general I think that it will be rather difficult to follow the logs >across the different files. Personally I either just have one file, or I >have one file with all the logs and a separate file with Errors and >above. The Errors file gives a good starting point and full analysis can >be performed using the larger file. If you want to do that you can just >set the <threshold value="Error" /> property on an appender rather than >using filters. > >Cheers, > >Nicko > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Charles Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: 24 June 2005 18:20 >>To: log4net-user >>Subject: Log file for each level >> >>Doesn't sound like a brilliant idea to me, but my manager >>wants me to produce a separate log file for each log level >>and i was wondering what the best way to do this is? >> >>CJ >> >> >> > > > >
