Nlog: Multiple file created when using minutes and seconds in fileName

Created on 18 Oct 2019 · 3Comments · Source: NLog/NLog

Actually I was searching for a while in your documentation and I couldn't see anywhere the answer to my question.

I got a console program in .net core 3.0. (Anyway because the case can be reproduced in Framework too).

The logger will create a new file every different second you want to log something.

I got this config :

  <targets>
    <target 
      name="logfile" 
      xsi:type="File" 
      fileName="${basedir}/Logs/Log_${date:format=yyyyMMddHH\:mm\:ss}.log"
      keepFileOpen="true"
      layout="${date:format=dddd dd MMMM yyyy HH\:mm\:ss:culture=Fr} - ${message}"/>
  </targets>

  <rules>
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Debug" writeTo="logfile" />
  </rules>

Example :
Program start at 10h00m00s : wants to log "start" then Log_2019101810_00_00.log is created.
Program end at 10h00m10s: wants to log "end" then Log_2019101810_00_10.log is created.

What I want is to use the same file during all program.

Is there any attribute to indicate what I want ?

Thanks

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