Have you looked at
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders.html#Log_Archive_Retention_Policy:_Delete_on_Rollover
<http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/appenders.html#Log_Archive_Retention_Policy:_Delete_on_Rollover>?
Ralph
> On Aug 16, 2016, at 6:53 AM, Greg Thomas <greg.d.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to programatically trigger a purge?
>
> I've got an XML configured appender along the lines of ...
>
> <Appenders>
> <RollingFile name="rfappender" fileName="../logs/output.log"
> filePattern="../logs/output.%i.log.zip">
> <PatternLayout>
> <pattern>%d %-5p [%c{1}] %X - %m%n</pattern>
> </PatternLayout>
> <Policies>
> <OnStartupTriggeringPolicy />
> <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="100 MB"/>
> </Policies>
> </RollingFile>
> </Appenders>
>
>
> i.e. create new log file on startup, and when the current one reaches
> 100MB. There is no "max" number of files to keep
>
> I've also got, in code, something that adds a DefaultRolloverStrategy with
> the maximum number of files to keep. However, because we already created a
> new file (appender.log.nn.zip) on startup, we've probably already exceeded
> that number, so I'd like to purge it immediately.
>
> I can't see a way to do that - any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
