How to get path of current target file using NLog in runtime?

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This did the trick for me:

var fileTarget = (FileTarget) LogManager.Configuration.FindTargetByName("file");
// Need to set timestamp here if filename uses date. 
// For example - filename="${basedir}/logs/${shortdate}/trace.log"
var logEventInfo = new LogEventInfo {TimeStamp = DateTime.Now}; 
string fileName = fileTarget.FileName.Render(logEventInfo);
if (!File.Exists(fileName))
    throw new Exception("Log file does not exist.");

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