Separate logs for every project in solution - created only one of them

[troncomputers]

Hi. I have three projects Optimo (WinForms), OptimoService (Windows Service) and OptimoLib (Class Library). All in .NET Framework 4.8. In MainForm.cs I have logger for user interactions

private Logger LOG = new LoggerConfiguration()
    .WriteTo.File("mainform.log", rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
    .CreateLogger();

With this form user is able to start a Windows Service (OptimoService) which has its own logger created

private Logger LOG = new LoggerConfiguration()
    .WriteTo.File("service.log", rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
    .CreateLogger();

Inside OptimoLib I have another logger that is handling executed jobs using FluentScheduler.

USAGE

LOG.Information("ORDER_JOB created");

Non of those additional are created (Service and Lib). Only WinForms creates log file with

2021-07-02 13:15:24.106 +02:00 [INF] Launching service....

OptimoService OnStart()

            try
            {
                LOG.Information("Starting service");
                _sql = new SqlService();
                _appConfig = _sql.LoadConfiguration();
                _optima = new OptimaService(_sql, _appConfig);

                TimerService.CreateSchedules(_appConfig, _optima, _sql);
                LOG.Information("Service started. Timers setup");
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                LOG.Error(ex, "ServiceStart");
            }

TIMER - ORDER JOB Execute()

        public void Execute()
        {
            LOG.Information("[ORDER_JOB] Starting");
            EmpikService empik = new EmpikService(_appConfig, _sql);

            try
            {
                LOG.Information("[ORDER_JOB] GetAndAcceptNewOrders()");

                empik.GetAndAcceptNewOrders();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                LOG.Error(ex, "[ORDER_JOB] - GetAndAcceptNewOrders()");
            }

            try
            {
                var orders = empik.GetOrdersForShipping();

                for (int i = 0; i < orders.Orders.Count; i++)
                {
                    var order = orders.Orders[i];
                    try
                    {
                        LOG.Information("[ORDER_JOB] - InsertOrder " + order.OrderId);
                        _optima.InsertOrder(order);
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        LOG.Error(ex, "[ORDER_JOB] - InsertOrder()");
                    }
                }
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                LOG.Error(ex, "[ORDER_JOB] - GetOrdersForShipping()");
            }
        }

What am I doing wrong? Is that a bug?

[nblumhardt]

Hi! Try fully-qualifying the log file paths like "service.log" - they'll otherwise end up wherever the process's current working directory is, which won't always be where an obvious location. HTH!

[troncomputers]

All three apps are in the same place. Logs from WinForms project works correctly. Service .exe and Library .dll files are in the same location but no logs if I specify just a file name instead of absolute path. Does Serilog automatically handle the path if you don't specify it correctly?

[nblumhardt]

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