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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?

Brad Patton
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    See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2533403/log4net-how-to-disable-creation-of-empty-log-file-on-app-start – sgmoore Feb 13 '13 at 12:23

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