FileLogTraceListener.Append Property

public:
 property bool Append { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool Append { get; set; }

member this.Append : bool with get, set

Public Property Append As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean, with True indicating that the output is appended to the current file, and False indicating that output is written to a new file. The default setting for this property is True.

Remarks

When the Append property is True, the log file is opened in Append mode, to keep existing logs. The current writing position starts at the end of the file, so that any new logs are appended to the end of the file.

When the Append property is False, the log file is opened in Truncate mode, where all log data is deleted when the log file is opened. The FileLogTraceListener deletes existing contents of the log file once after the Append propery is set to False or the file is opened and before it writes the first log. After that, FileLogTraceListener appends additional trace data to the end of the file. If the FileLogTraceListener instance is closed and then reopened while Append is set to False, it erases the log file data before writing additional logs. This can lead to missing data, particularly if you set the value of the Append property to False in a configuration file.

This behavior is overridden in the following scenarios:

• The output file is locked by another process. A new log file is created with a version number that is incorporated into the FullLogFileName name.

• The current file size is greater than what the MaxFileSize property allows. Additional messages are discarded. Depending on the DiskSpaceExhaustedBehavior property, an exception is thrown.

• The existing file name is out of date according to the log-creation schedule specified by the LogFileCreationSchedule property. A new log file is created. The date stamp is incorporated into the FullLogFileName name.

Applies to

See also

• MaxFileSize
• LogFileCreationSchedule