Does the extension method AddEventLog of Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILoggingBuilder does also work when the application runs under a Linux OS or would it cause an exception when there is no Windows Event Log present?
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No it does not. The event log is windows specific and in fact, if you do try to use it without checking for windows support explicitly, you will get a warning in the IDE:
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In VSCode I do not get any warning. Not even via dotnet build.
To verify you can wrap it in a OS check like so
if (OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) {
builder.Logging.AddEventLog();
}
Even if the answer was yes/no today, there is no way to know what the future holds, so always check yourself to be safe. This also removes the warning that was mentioned.
