Setting Serilog log file location at run time in C#

Question

I am writing a small console application , and using Serilog for logging. I have a logging service registered as shown

logFilelocation = "C:/Applications"
services.AddSingleton<IMyLogger>(x => new MyLogger(new LoggerConfiguration().WriteTo.File(logFileLocation, rollingInterval:RollingInterval.Month).CreateLogger()));

where logFileLocation is a default value;

When the program starts, it does:

  IMyLogger _logger = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IMyLogger>();

But I want to update the logFileLocation when user gives input at run time. How can I set this logFileLocation at run time in this case???

Answer 1

Thanks to the comment by @ThomasArdal; I could do a Hot-reload by modifying

services.AddSingleton<IMyLogger>(x => new MyLogger(new LoggerConfiguration()
                .WriteTo.Map(
                 _ => GetLogFileLocation(),
                    (url, wt) => wt.File($@"{url}\Log.txt", rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Month),
        sinkMapCountLimit: 1)
    .CreateLogger()));

Where GetLogFileLocation() returns a property that represents the path.