Here is a NLog config file that generates a similar log file layout as with the (default) Log4Net settings.
This NLog configuration also includes the date in the log file name to mimic the Log4Net ‘rollingFileAppender’ behavior.
file: NLog.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
autoReload="true">
<targets>
<target name="logfile" xsi:type="File" fileName="C:\Projects\logs\MainLog.${shortdate}.log" layout="${level:padding=-6} ${threadid:padding=-4} ${processid} ${longdate} ${logger:shortName=true:padding=-24} ${message} ${exception:format=ToString,StackTrace}"/>
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="logfile" />
</rules>
</nlog>
