Enterprise library logging block...Get log filename

[PGoRule]

Hi,
I am using Enterprise library 3.1 logging block with C# and framework 2.0. I have a listner configured for writing log to flat file. The settings for this is configured in app.config as follows:

<add fileName="D:\log\trace.log" header="----------------------------------------"
          footer="----------------------------------------" formatter="Text Formatter"
          listenerDataType="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.FlatFileTraceListenerData, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=3.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
          traceOutputOptions="Timestamp" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.TraceListeners.FlatFileTraceListener, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=3.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
          name="FlatFile TraceListener" />

Is there any way to access the fileName ("D:\log\trace.log") provided in this config file in the application?
I want to change the filename if it exceeds to some filesize limit.

Thanks a lot,
Prashant

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[jmeckley]

rolling log files. i would recommend a different logging library like log4net or nlog. this feature is already built in. I also believe net lib 4 logging 4 has rolling log files. I stopped using ent lib last year so I'm not up to speed on the current feature set.

otherwise you need to parse the logging configs into a separate file, and use modify/overwrite the file regularly. this will also require you to create a service to monitor the file size. finally when the file is modified the application will be reset because a web.config dependency changed. this will cause errors for users who are using the site when the update occurs. I would consider this a hack on the logging framework.

finally you could roll your own logging extension to ent.lib. which would allow for rolling files.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.

 

[PGoRule]

OK...I understood the problem.
I will try to look into other libraries. if they satisfy other requirements then certainly I will go for it.
Thanks a lot for your valuable words.


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