I am configure log4net to use a composite RollingFileAppender so that the current file is always named logfile.log and all subsequent files are named logfile-YYYY.MM.dd.seq.log where seq is the sequence number if a log exceeds a certain size within a single day. Unfortunately, I have had very little success in configuring such a setup.
Edit:
My current configuration is pasted below. It has been updated based on several answers which gets me close enough for my needs. This generates files of the format: logfile_YYYY.MM.dd.log.seq
<log4net>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</root>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="logs\\logfile"/>
<staticLogFileName value="false"/>
<appendToFile value="true"/>
<rollingStyle value="Composite"/>
<datePattern value="_yyyy.MM.dd".log""/>
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10"/>
<maximumFileSize value="75KB"/>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline"/>
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<param name="LevelMin" value="DEBUG" />
<param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL" />
</filter>
</appender>
</log4net>
One interesting note, setting
<staticLogFileName value="false"/>
to true causes the logger to not write any files.