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using AppData location in NLog

My NLog targets is like this:

<targets>
  <target xsi:type="Console" name="console" 
    layout="${longdate}|${level}|${message}" />
  <target xsi:type="File" name="ErrorLog" fileName="${basedir}/error.txt"
          layout="${longdate}
          Trace: ${stacktrace} 
          ${message}" />
  <target xsi:type="File" name="AccessLog" fileName="${basedir}/access.txt"
          layout="${shortdate} | ${message}" />
</targets>

But this causes problems if the user isn't an admin on their machine, because they will not have write access to "Program Files". How can I get something like %AppData% to NLog instead of BaseDir?

Solution

  • You're looking for the NLog special folders.

    Example:

    ...fileName="${specialfolder:folder=ApplicationData}/Program/file.txt"...