Thank you Remko and Ralph! That clarifies a lot. Then I have to ask, if my pattern only contains a %d, what value should I use as max value? Does it matter at all?
Thanks! On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > I stand corrected. Thanks, Ralph! > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 2014/07/31, at 8:14, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > > > Remko, that is not exactly correct. If you specify %i in the > filePattern once the max value is hit the oldest file that matches the > complete pattern will be deleted automatically. The issue you are speaking > of is that when the pattern includes a date via %d we will not delete files > from previous dates. > > > > If the pattern only contains %d and does not contain %i then the files > will never be deleted by Log4j. > > > > Ralph > > > > > >> On Jul 30, 2014, at 3:44 PM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> The built-in rollover only moves/renames but never deletes files. (We > actually have outstanding enhancement request to add some auto-delete > function.) > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On 2014/07/31, at 4:30, Mariano Gonzalez <mariano.l.gonza...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I'm configuring a RollingFileAppender programatically, using a > >>> TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy in tandem with a DefaultRooloverStrategy. So > far > >>> so good, but is there a way to provide a RolloeverStrategy which > renames > >>> the files but never deletes them? > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > >
