{"id":10551,"date":"2024-03-14T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-i-configure-log4net-to-generate-a-new-file-every-day\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:01:06","slug":"how-do-i-configure-log4net-to-generate-a-new-file-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-i-configure-log4net-to-generate-a-new-file-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"log4net Daily Log File Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To configure log4net to generate a new file every day, you can use RollingFileAppender and set the DatePattern property to achieve this. Below is an example configuration:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">appender<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">name<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"RollingFileAppender\"<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">type<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">file<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"log-file.log\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">appendToFile<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"true\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">rollingStyle<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Date\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">datePattern<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"'.'yyyyMMdd'.log'\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">layout<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">type<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"log4net.Layout.PatternLayout\"<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">conversionPattern<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"%date [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">layout<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">appender<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">root<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">level<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">value<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"DEBUG\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">appender-ref<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">ref<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"RollingFileAppender\"<\/span> \/&gt;<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">root<\/span>&gt;<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above configuration, the RollingFileAppender specifies the name of the log file as log-file.log, and sets the rollingStyle to Date, indicating that new log files will be generated based on the date. 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