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# LogManager.ShutdownRepository Method (String)

Shuts down the repository for the repository specified.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Shared Sub ShutdownRepository( _
ByVal repository As String _
)
[C#]
public static void ShutdownRepository(
string repository
);

#### Parameters

repository
  The repository to shutdown.

#### Remarks

Calling this method will safely close and remove all appenders in all the loggers including root contained in the repository specified.

Some appenders need to be closed before the application exists. Otherwise, pending logging events might be lost.

The `shutdown` method is careful to close nested appenders before closing regular appenders. This is allows configurations where a regular appender is attached to a logger and again to a nested appender.

#### See Also

LogManager Class | log4net Namespace | LogManager.ShutdownRepository Overload List