Prevent Log4Net from writing to all log files - log4net

Question

I've got the following configuration using log4net. The problem is that the logger in my C# code is now logging the errors into the two log files. I've got two different service classes in the same windows service. I initialize the logger in one service using this line:
private static readonly ILog _logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(EmployeeImportService));
But when this service runs and logs, it's writing to both log files.
<log4net>
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<param name="File" value="C:\Temp\HRFiles\Sharp\Log\Log.txt" />
<param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="OvertimeLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<param name="File" value="C:\Temp\HRFiles\YTD\Log\Log.txt" />
<param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c %m%n" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="OvertimeLogFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
How do I configure it so that each service writes to it's own log file? I read that the logger tag in the configuration has an additivity attribute that solves this problem but I have no logger element in my configuration.

Answer 1

You can have two separate loggers, and define which appenders each logger will use in the configuration: you do have to declare additivity=false or else the loggers inherit the appenders from the root logger.
So, with made-up names:
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="OvertimeLogFileAppender" />
</root>
<logger name="Company.Project.EmployeeImportService" additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
</logger>
<logger name="Company.Project.EmployeeOvertimeService" additivity="false">
<appender-ref ref="OvertimeLogFileAppender" />
</logger>
Then in your service classes you get the approppriate logger:
// General log - EmployeeImportService
ILog logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(EmployeeImportService));
// Log overtime - EmployeeOvertimeService
ILog logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(EmployeeOvertimeService));

Answer 2

Oups yes I did a mistake. But it quiet the same. You have to create filter in each appender node
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LoggerMatchFilter">
<!-- allows this sub-namespace to be logged... -->
<loggerToMatch value="EmployeeImportService" />
</filter>