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Log4net - Logging to wrong appender

I'm trying to have 2 log files, with my application logging to either by specifying a logger name in code.
The problem is it never logs to the file I'm trying to target, instead it always logs to the last declared appender in the config (LogB in this case).
I have my config set up as follows:
<log4net>
<logger name="LogA">
<appender-ref ref="LogA"/>
<level value="DEBUG"/>
</logger>
<logger name="LogB">
<appender-ref ref="LogB"/>
<level value="DEBUG"/>
</logger>
<appender name="LogA" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="E:\Logs\LogA.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
<maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="LogB" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="E:\Logs\LogB.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
<maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="LogA" />
</root>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="LogB" />
</root>
</log4net>
Then in my code when I create a logger:
private static readonly ILog logA = LogManager.GetLogger("LogA");
log.Debug("This should log to LogA");
And in some other class:
private static readonly ILog logB = LogManager.GetLogger("LogB");
log.Debug("This should log to LogB");
But nothing is ever logged to the LogA file, it's always output to the LogB file (or whatever happens to appear last in the config).
What is it I'm missing?

For some reason it didn't appear to like the multiple root nodes. When I used this setup instead (keeping the appender nodes), it worked:
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="SomeRootAppender" />
</root>
<logger additivity="false" name="LogA">
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="LogA" />
</logger>
<logger additivity="false" name="LogB">
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="LogB" />
</logger>

Log4net not writing logs to specified path

I am working with log for net i have below LOg4Net.config file code.But It is not writing logs to defined path .Am i doing anything wrong.Shall i miss anything??
Config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<log4net debug="true">
<appender name="InfoRollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Temp\Logs\FileTransferService\Info.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="2MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<!--<threshold value="INFO" />-->
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%message%newline" />
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="INFO"></levelMin>
<levelMax value="WARN"></levelMax>
</filter>
<filter class="log4net.Filter.DenyAllFilter"/>
</appender>
<appender name="ErrorRollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Temp\Logs\FileTransferService\Error.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<maximumFileSize value="2MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<!--<threshold value="ERROR" />-->
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%message%newline" />
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="ERROR"></levelMin>
<levelMax value="FATAL"></levelMax>
</filter>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="InfoRollingLogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="ErrorRollingLogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="trace" />
</root>
<!--<logger name="CustomLogger">
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="InfoRollingLogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="ErrorRollingLogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="trace" />
</logger>-->
</log4net>
</configuration>
Assembly Info Code:
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "Log4Net.config", Watch = true)]
Output Directory :
Copy always

Log4Net Class Logger level per Appender-ref

I am trying to separate out a Performance Logger into a separate log using Log4Net...
I setup my new Appender
<appender name="RollingFile" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Logs\ServiceLayer.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<datePattern value="_yyyy.MM.dd.lo\g" />
<maximumFileSize value="5MB" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<PreserveLogFileNameExtension value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<!-- <conversionPattern value="%level %thread %logger - %message%newline" /> -->
<conversionPattern value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff} %5level [%thread][%property{bms.log.username}::%property{bms.log.businessRequest}(%property{bms.log.activityLogID})] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
</appender>
<appender name="PerfFile" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Logs\Perf.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<datePattern value="_yyyy.MM.dd-HH-mm.lo\g" />
<maximumFileSize value="5MB" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="24" />
<PreserveLogFileNameExtension value="false" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<!-- <conversionPattern value="%level %thread %logger - %message%newline" /> -->
<conversionPattern value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff} %5level [%thread][%property{bms.log.username}::%property{bms.log.businessRequest}(%property{bms.log.activityLogID})] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
</appender>
The perf appender is the new appender I added...
I also set up a BufferForwardingAppender
<appender name="BMSDefaultAppender" type="log4net.Appender.BufferingForwardingAppender">
<bufferSize value="128" />
<lossy value="false" />
<evaluator type="log4net.Core.LevelEvaluator">
<threshold value="WARN" />
</evaluator>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFile" />
From there I set my Root
<root>
<level value="ERROR" />
<appender-ref ref="BMSDefaultAppender" />
</root>
Once I had this setup, I get ERRORs logged to my rolling log file, however I want to capture some info level data into my perf file...
<logger name="BMS.LTD.Activity.Workflow" additivity="false">
<level value="INFO" />
<appender-ref ref="PerfFile" />
</logger>
<logger name="BMS.LTD.Activity.Workflow.Rules" additivity="false">
<level value="WARN" />
<appender-ref ref="PerfFile" />
</logger>
<logger name="BMS.LTD.Persistence.DataSourceDataProviders" additivity="false">
<level value="INFO" />
<appender-ref ref="PerfFile" />
</logger>
<logger name="BMS.LTD.Persistence.DataSourceDataProviders.DataSourceDataCache" additivity="false">
<level value="WARN" />
<appender-ref ref="PerfFile" />
</logger>
I now get my Info and Warn in my Perf log but I also get my errors there too, is it possible to get my ERRORs in my main log and my info levels in my perf logs?

To control what log events get into each file, Add LevelRangeFilters to your appenders:
<!-- log error and above - add to the RollingFile appender config -->
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="ERROR"/>
<levelMax value="FATAL"/>
</filter>
and
<!-- log INFO and below - add to the PerfFile appender config -->
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="DEBUG"/>
<levelMax value="INFO"/>
</filter>

log4net is not creating log file to log

log4net is not creating any text file to log. I tried like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net"/>
</configSections>
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="EpinovaADSyncJob.log" />
<appendToFile value="false" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<staticLogFileName value="false" />
<datePattern value="yyyy-MM-dd" />
<preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline%exception" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="INFO"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender"/>
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
</configuration>
In assembly file:
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(
ConfigFile = "Log4Net.config", Watch = true)]
Declared as class variable
private static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger(
MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
In a method, called the Log like this
BasicConfigurator.Configure();
Log.Debug("Myjob");
Log.Error("newlkjasdf");
Log.Info("lkjlkjasdfasdf");

Try this appender :
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="log.txt" />
<appendToFile value="false" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" />
<maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p%d{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss} – %m%n" />
</layout>

How to configure multiple logging configurations using log4net?

I am using the following app.config settings for multiple log files. The following are my app.config settings. But when I use "LogFileAppender" settings to write log to a file, it also writing the logs to the Console
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<File value="C:\File1.log" />
<AppendToFile value="true" />
<rollongStyle value="Composite" />
<maximumFileSize value="200MB" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<ConversionPattern value="%date %messge%newline"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<File value="C:\File2.log" />
<AppendToFile value="true" />
<rollongStyle value="Date" />
<maximumFileSize value="100MB" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<ConversionPattern value="%date %messge%newline"/>
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<acceptOnMatch value="true" />
<levelMin value="INFO" />
</filter>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<acceptOnMatch value="true" />
<levelMin value="FATAL" />
</filter>
</appender>
<appender name="ColoredConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender">
<mapping>
<level value ="ERROR"/>
<foreColor value ="Red"/>
</mapping>
<mapping>
<level value ="WARN"/>
<foreColor value ="Yellow"/>
</mapping>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<ConversionPattern value="%date %messge%newline"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFile" />
<appender-ref ref="ColoredConsoleAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
In the C# code, I am using the below method calls.
private static readonly log4net.ILog ilogger = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
Question:
How can I restrict the Console logging while using the LogFileAppender using the above app.config file?

Add a ForwardingAppender in your configuration between the root logger and the ColoredConsoleAppender, so that you get this configuration
root -> LogFileAppender
root -> RollingFile
root -> ForwardingAppender -> ColoredConsoleAppender
Then in your ForwardingAppender add a filter that will only let pass events that do not originate from the application you don't want; a LoggerMatchFilter would be a good idea since you can exclude loggers originating from the namespace of the desired application.

I found the solution by modifying the app.config as following.
<logger name = "FileLogger" additivity="false">
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
</logger>
<root>
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFile"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="ColoredConsoleAppender" />
</root>
In the C# code, call the LogFileAppender explicitly as below
private static readonly log4net.ILog ilogger = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger("FileLogger");