How to set open_mode "append" in configuration file

From: Isabelle Poueriet (isabelleccny_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-05-20 21:02:31

Howdy.
I have the configuration file below and I load it from the code as depicted below.The log files are being created, but they get overwritten each time I run the application, instead of being appended each time I run.
code to load settings from config file///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Name:Â  Â  Â ConfigureSinksFromIniFile()// Purpose:Â  Load filter settings from configuration file//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////* static */ void GtsLog::ConfigureSinksFromIniFile(){ try {  std::ifstream cfgFile(".\\gtsLogConfig.INI"); try { if (cfgFile.is_open()) { try { // Add some attributes logging::add_common_attributes();
 // Read the settings and initialize logging library logging::init_from_stream(cfgFile); return; } catch (std::exception& e) { std::cout << "Could not load configuration file. Check for boost config syntax" << e.what() << std::endl; return; } } else { std::cout << "Could not open log configuration file" <<Â  std::endl; return; //should we exit instead? } } catch (std::exception& e) {  std::cout << "Could not open log configuration file" <<Â  e.what() << std::endl; return; //should we exit instead?  } } catch (std::exception& e) { std::cout << "FAILURE: could not associate cfgFile to .\\gtsLogCfg.ini " << e.what() << std::endl; return; //should we exit instead? }}

Configuration File gtsConfig.INI===========================[Core]# <DisableLogging> true=disable all logging; false=enable all logging Q. do we care to disable specific channels?DisableLogging=false
# Sink settings sections#GTSMAIN logs everything to a text file[Sinks.GTSMAIN]Destination="TextFile"
#<Asynchronous> if true, a thread is dedicated to writing to log, otherwise blocks main thread to write.Asynchronous="true"
# Enables automatic stream flush after each log record.AutoFlush="true"
# Formatter string. Optional, by default only log record message text is written.Format="[%TimeStamp%][%ThreadID%][%Severity%][%Channel%] %Message%"
#Target specifies where to save files when rotation occurrsTarget="C:/Temp/GtsLogs"FileName="gtsMainLog_%3N.log"#RotationSize in bytesRotationSize="1048576"#MaxSize - oldest file in the target directory will be deleted when Maxsize(in bytes) is reachedMaxSize=100485760OpenMode="append"#Apply no filter for the main log# Sink-specific filter. Optional, by default no filter is applied.#============================================================================================================[Sinks.ADM]Destination="TextFile"##<Asynchronous> if true, a thread is dedicated to writing to log, otherwise blocks main thread to write.Asynchronous="true"### Enables automatic stream flush after each log record.AutoFlush="true"### Formatter string. Optional, by default only log record message text is written.Format="[%TimeStamp%][%ThreadID%][%Severity%][%Channel%] %Message%"#Target="C:/Temp/GtsLogs"FileName="gtsAdm_%3N.log"##RotationSize in bytesRotationSize="1048576"##MaxSize - oldest file in the target directory will be deleted when Maxsize(in bytes) is reachedMaxSize=100485760##Apply no filter for the main log## Sink-specific filter - anything in AGR channel. Optional, by default no filter is applied.Filter="%Channel% matches \"ADM\""##============================================================================================================[Sinks.AGR]Destination="TextFile"###<Asynchronous> if true, a thread is dedicated to writing to log, otherwise blocks main thread to write.Asynchronous="true"### Enables automatic stream flush after each log record.AutoFlush="true"### Formatter string. Optional, by default only log record message text is written.Format="[%TimeStamp%][%ThreadID%][%Severity%][%Channel%] %Message%"#Target="C:/Temp/GtsLogs"FileName="gtsAgr_%3N.log"##RotationSize in bytesRotationSize="1048576"##MaxSize - oldest file in the target directory will be deleted when Maxsize(in bytes) is reachedMaxSize=100485760## Sink-specific filter - anything in AGR channel. Optional, by default no filter is applied.Filter="%Channel% matches \"AGR\""