No, it does not matter. Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 31, 2014, at 7:31 AM, Mariano Gonzalez <mariano.l.gonza...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org
