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# RollingFileAppender.StaticLogFileName Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to always log to the same file.

[Visual Basic]
Public Property StaticLogFileName As Boolean
[C#]
public bool StaticLogFileName {get; set;}

#### Property Value

`true` if always should be logged to the same file, otherwise `false`.

#### Remarks

By default file.log is always the current file. Optionally file.log.yyyy-mm-dd for current formatted datePattern can by the currently logging file (or file.log.curSizeRollBackup or even file.log.yyyy-mm-dd.curSizeRollBackup).

This will make time based rollovers with a large number of backups much faster as the appender it won't have to rename all the backups!

#### See Also

RollingFileAppender Class | log4net.Appender Namespace