Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("log_home", @"d:/log");
ILoggerRepository repository = LogManager.CreateRepository("Repository");
XmlConfigurator.Configure(repository, configFileInfo);
ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(repository.Name, "test");
log.Info(DateTime.Now);
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
<file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%env{log_home}/"/>
<appendToFile value="true"/>
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10"/>
<maximumFileSize value="30MB"/>
<rollingStyle value="Composite"/>
<datePattern value='yyyyMMdd'/>
<staticLogFileName value="false"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %-5level %logger - %message%newline"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender"/>
</root>
</log4net>