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Davyd McColl commented on LOG4NET-82: ------------------------------------- Please open a new issue if this persists; I'm trying to clean up stale issues, but I am interested in issues which are still relevant. > RollingFileAppender: Cannot RollFile ... Source does not exist > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4NET-82 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-82 > Project: Log4net > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Appenders > Affects Versions: 1.2.9, 1.2.10 > Environment: Windows 2003 Server > Reporter: Kenneth Oberleitner > Priority: Major > Fix For: 1.2/2.0 Maintenance Release > > Attachments: screenshot-1.png > > > The following logging configuration will produce an endless loop of warnings > under the following circumstances: > <appender name="AppRollingFileAppender" > type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> > <param name="Threshold" value="ALL"/> > <param name="File" value="Log\\Audit\\audit.txt" /> > <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" /> > <param name="MaxSizeRollBackups" value="-1" /> > <param name="RollingStyle" value="Date" /> > <param name="StaticLogFileName" value="true" /> > <param name="CountDirection" value="1" /> > <param name="DatePattern" value=".yyyyMMdd" /> > <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> > <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%date > [%c(%property{log4net:HostName})-<%ndc>] - %message%newline" /> > </layout> > </appender> > 1.) set your system clock back at least three days > 2.) run an application to create the static log file dated 3 days prior > 3.) set your system clock forward a day (i.e. from Monday to Tuesday) > 4.) run the application again, the log file will roll and a new static > log file is written > 5.) set your system clock forward a day (i.e. from Monday to Tuesday) > 6.) run the application > repeated warnings will be issued until the application is killed > log4net:WARN RollingFileAppender: Cannot RollFile > [E:\tmp\LoggingFileLockBug\LoggingFileLockBug\bin\Debug\Log\Audit\audit.txt.XXX] > -> > [E:\tmp\LoggingFileLockBug\LoggingFileLockBug\bin\Debug\Log\Audit\audit.txt.20060719.XXX]. > Source does not exist > where XXX is infinitely incremented until the process is halted > Two workarounds found so far both involve changing the date pattern. Both > "yyyyMMdd" and ".yyyy-MM-dd" seem to work without issue. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)