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
Try set this property to true:
preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true"
I believe this trick will help you! However, preserveLogFileNameExtension property needs the latest version of log4net, you can find it here: logging.apache.org/log4net/download.html