Configure Log4net to write to multiple files
I wanted to log all messages to root logger, and to have a separate log with errors, here is how it can be done:
<log4net>
<appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="allMessages.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="ErrorsFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="errorsLog.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="ERROR" />
<levelMax value="FATAL" />
</filter>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="FileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="ErrorsFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
Notice the use of filter element.
Yes, just add multiple FileAppenders to your logger. For example:
<log4net>
<appender name="File1Appender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="log-file-1.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="File2Appender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="log-file-2.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="File1Appender" />
<appender-ref ref="File2Appender" />
</root>
</log4net>
These answers were helpful, but I wanted to share my answer with both the app.config part and the c# code part, so there is less guessing for the next person.
<log4net>
<appender name="SomeName" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="c:/Console.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<datePattern value="yyyyMMdd" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="1MB" />
</appender>
<appender name="Summary" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="SummaryFile.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="SomeName" />
</root>
<logger additivity="false" name="Summary">
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="Summary" />
</logger>
</log4net>
Then in code:
ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger("SomeName");
ILog SummaryLog = LogManager.GetLogger("Summary");
Log.DebugFormat("Processing");
SummaryLog.DebugFormat("Processing2"));
Here c:/Console.txt will contain "Processing" ... and \SummaryFile.log will contain "Processing2"
Vinay is correct. In answer to your comment in his answer, one way you can do it is as follows:
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="File1Appender" />
</root>
<logger name="SomeName">
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="File1Appender2" />
</logger>
This is how I have done it in the past. Then something like this for the other log:
private static readonly ILog otherLog = LogManager.GetLogger("SomeName");
And you can get your normal logger as follows:
private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
Read the loggers and appenders section of the documentation to understand how this works.