private void Initialise(LoggingEvent loggingEvent) { if (_storageAccount == null || AzureStorageConnectionString != _thisConnectionString) { _storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(AzureStorageConnectionString); _thisConnectionString = AzureStorageConnectionString; _client = null; _share = null; _folder = null; _file = null; } if (_client == null) { _client = _storageAccount.CreateCloudFileClient(); _share = null; _folder = null; _file = null; } if (_share == null || _share.Name != ShareName) { _share = _client.GetShareReference(ShareName); _share.CreateIfNotExists(); _folder = null; _file = null; } if (_folder == null || Path != _thisFolder) { var pathElements = Path.Split(new[] {'\\', '/'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); _folder = _share.GetRootDirectoryReference(); foreach (var element in pathElements) { _folder = _folder.GetDirectoryReference(element); _folder.CreateIfNotExists(); } _thisFolder = Path; _file = null; } var filename = Regex.Replace(File, @"\{(.+?)\}", _ => loggingEvent.TimeStamp.ToString(_.Result("$1"))); if (_file == null || filename != _thisFile) { _file = _folder.GetFileReference(filename); if (!_file.Exists()) _file.Create(0); _thisFile = filename; } }