From 7aa1b7c0bc3283aa5891cff7435948bc2764e743 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Soennecken, Torben" <Torben.Soennecken@adesso.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:36:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [+] Added target initialization for File. It tries to
 initially create the directory for the log target. This should be useful for
 e.g. nested log directories C:\log\module\monday\...

---
 Logging/targets/File.ps1 | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Logging/targets/File.ps1 b/Logging/targets/File.ps1
index 0637547..d03d8f1 100644
--- a/Logging/targets/File.ps1
+++ b/Logging/targets/File.ps1
@@ -9,7 +9,20 @@
         Level          = @{Required = $false; Type = [string]; Default = $Logging.Level }
         Format         = @{Required = $false; Type = [string]; Default = $Logging.Format }
     }
+    Init          = {
+        param(
+            [hashtable] $Configuration
+        )
 
+        [String] $directoryPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($Configuration.Path)
+
+        # We (try to) create the directory if it is not yet given
+        if (-not [System.IO.Directory]::Exists($directoryPath)){
+            # "Creates all directories and subdirectories in the specified path unless they already exist."
+            # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.directory.createdirectory?view=net-5.0#System_IO_Directory_CreateDirectory_System_String_
+            [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($directoryPath) | Out-Null
+        }
+    }
     Logger        = {
         param(
             [hashtable] $Log,