XML configuration file - extracting elements

[Gary Hinger]

Is there a way to extract elements from log4net’s XML configuration file, without reopening the file and parsing it?   For example, I’d like to get a certain appender’s “file” property, so that I can create the logging directory every time logging is done. I need to do this to support runtime changes in the directory specification in config xml. Since the log4net assembly is designed to watch the file, it would be a shame to have to reparse the file in separate code.   Also, is there a way to get log4net to create directories as necessary when logging? This would solve my immediate problem. Thanks.