We changed our log4net file name to include the current date but only want log files created on those dates that there is logged activity. This is our current configuration:
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="{0}\\logfiles\\log%date{{yyyyMMdd}}-${{COMPUTERNAME}}.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %-5level %logger %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="WARN" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
It's producing empty files on days when the logger is created but no messages of WARN or greater are written. Is there a configuration to prevent empty files?