Re: [Log4cplus-devel] DailyRollingFileAppender does not honor maxBackupIndex

[Václav Z. <vha...@gm...>]

2012/2/27 Deepak Muley <dee...@hd...>

> Thank you for the information.
>
> Few queries:
> 1. I am failing to understand when does it create a backup file in the
> first place. I tested with schedule set to minutely, daily and weekly and
> ran for long time but still did not see a single file getting created with
> .1, .2 extension. What is the premise for creating these files. It always
> creates with postfix with date (and its variations based on schedule)
>
Try the TWICE_DAILY schedule. I believe it works in that case.


>
> 2. If I use the DaillyRollingFileAppender is there a way to limit the
> number of days the log files are kept. i.e. always keep the seven newest
> logs or Do I have to use RollingFileAppender to achieve this.
>
This is not possible with the DaillyRollingFileAppender. It would have to
keep information about previous logs and even then that information would
be lost between restarts of your application.

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VZ