log4net Restart Logging Files

Question

Is there a way to restart the log files using the configured parameters in the config file as if the application was relaunching?

I have file appenders that put the date in the file name, and on certain events I want to close that log and start a new one with the current date/time.

It looks like there is a reset function in the appender class that should do the job, but it is inaccessable.

If found a post that manually sets a new filename and calls the ActivateOptions() function to create a new file, but I don't want to manually set the file name. I want it autogenerated with the pattern that is in the config file.

Any ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks, John Vickers