FileAppender OpenFile Method | Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation

Sets and opens the file where the log output will go. The specified file must be writable.

Namespace: log4net.Appender
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.8.0-.NET 4.0
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    protected virtual void OpenFile(
    	string fileName,
    	bool append
    )

    Protected Overridable Sub OpenFile (
    	fileName As String,
    	append As Boolean
    )

    protected:
    virtual void OpenFile(
    	String^ fileName,
    	bool append
    )

    abstract OpenFile :
            fileName : string *
            append : bool -> unit
    override OpenFile :
            fileName : string *
            append : bool -> unit

#### Parameters

fileName
  Type: System
  String
  The path to the log file. Must be a fully qualified path.
append
  Type: System
  Boolean
  If true will append to fileName. Otherwise will truncate fileName

Remarks

If there was already an opened file, then the previous file is closed first.

This method will ensure that the directory structure for the fileName specified exists.

See Also

#### Reference

FileAppender Class
log4net.Appender Namespace