I also encounter the same problem to collapse the log file weekly by testing the GLM solution method, somehow it does not work on the version of log4net (1.2.15.0), but is inspired by its answer and is studying the source code, I made a decision to generate the log file by name per week (named as Sunday date)
namespace log4net.Appender
{
class RollingOverWeekFileAppender : RollingFileAppender
{
public RollingOverWeekFileAppender()
{
IDateTime dt = new SundayDateTime();
DateTimeStrategy = dt;
}
class SundayDateTime : IDateTime
{
public DateTime Now
{
get { return CalcThisSunday(DateTime.Now); }
}
private DateTime CalcThisSunday(DateTime time)
{
time = time.AddMilliseconds((double)-time.Millisecond);
time = time.AddSeconds((double)-time.Second);
time = time.AddMinutes((double)-time.Minute);
time = time.AddHours((double)-time.Hour);
return time.AddDays((double)(-(int)time.DayOfWeek));
}
}
}
}
And my fragment of the log.config file
<appender name="Log" type="log4net.Appender.RollingOverWeekFileAppender">
<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString">
<conversionPattern value=".\log-" />
</file>
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock"/>
<encoding value="utf-8" />
<staticLogFileName value="false"/>
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Date"/>
<datePattern value="yyyyMMdd.lo\g"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date	%level	%logger{1}	%message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
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