> How important is this as a feature/fix? Could you use gzip instead? Our support guys explicitly requested zip over gzip as it makes it easier to handle on locked down Windows machines.
We've now worked around it by writing a Powershell script that bulk unzips the files and renames the entries as it goes, so it's not vital, just something odd that I spotted. Greg On 9 December 2016 at 16:21, Christopher Schultz < ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > Greg, > > On 12/9/16 3:46 AM, Greg Thomas wrote: > >> So, to clarify, the file contained in the rolled over zip files (like > > "my.20.log.zip") is called "my.1.log" > > > > Correct. An error in composing my original email, apologies. > > The problem is that this kind of thing was (likely) designed around > gzipping a file, which contains no structure. Adding ZIP support added a > dimension that didn't previously exist: file structure within the archive. > > Re-naming a filename within a ZIP file isn't as straightforward as you > might expect[1]. > > How important is this as a feature/fix? Could you use gzip instead? > > -chris > > > [1] http://stackoverflow.com/a/848053/276232 > > > On 8 December 2016 at 23:52, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Greg, > >> > >> So, to clarify, the file contained in the rolled over zip files (like > >> "my.20.log.zip") is called "my.1.log", not "my.1.log.zip", correct? > >> (Your original email said the rolled over zip files contain zip files, > >> which sounds like a bug...) > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On 9 Dec 2016, at 2:35, Greg Thomas <greg.d.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 8 December 2016 at 15:58, Apache <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> That indeed does seem strange. I will have to try it myself. You may > >> have > >>>> found a bug. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thinking on this a bit more ... > >>> > >>> At a point in time, my.1.log is zipped to my.1.log.zip > >>> > >>> Some time later, my.1.log.zip is renamed to my.2.log.zip - in terms of > >>> effort, it's possible to either > >>> > >>> a) Leave the contents of the ZIP file unchanged. so my.2.log.zip (and > >>> my.XXX.log.zip) all contain my.1.log - what currently happens > >>> > >>> b) When my.1.log.zip is renamed to my.2.log.zip, recognise that it only > >>> contains one file, and rename the contained file from my.1.log to > >> my.2.log > >>> (is it possible to rename a file contained in a ZIP without re-creating > >> it? > >>> What about gzip files, etc. etc.?) > >>> > >>> c) When it's necessary to rename my.1.log.zip to my.2.log.zip, > recognise > >>> that it only contains one file, extract my.1.log, rename it to > my.2.log, > >>> and then zip it up into my.2.log.zip. > >>> > >>> Greg > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > >> > >> > > > >
