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# FileAppender

| Property     | Type    | Required | Default              | Description                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------- | -------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| filePath     | string  | true     | ---                  | The location of where to store the log file                                                                                                     |
| filename     | string  | false    | Name of the Appender | The name of the file, if not defined, then it will use the name of this appender. Do not append an extension to it. We will append a .log to it |
| fileEncoding | string  | false    | utf-8                | The file encoding to use, by default we use UTF-8                                                                                               |
| autoExpand   | boolean | false    | true                 | Whether to expand the file path or not. Defaults to true                                                                                        |

> **Info** Please remember to set the `autoExpand` property to **FALSE** if you will be using an absolute file path location.


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