Quoting K Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks for responding to my clarification.
>
> I tried as you suggested.
> I removed setActiveFileName.
> It worked by appending the date with the fileName.
>
> I have one more clarification:
> Is it possible to have a activeFileName with just name and no date
> appended
> and the rolled up files must have date appended.
> What I mean is whenever log are printed, it should print to fileName
> without date appended
> and once the rollup happens then rolled up fileName should have date
> appended.
>
> It is possible to get the functionality with log4j 1.3 alpha build.
>
If you provide a patch, it will make it much more likely to get into 1.3.
Jake
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Sunil.K
>
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/31/2005 9:37 PM >>>
>
> On Aug 31, 2005, at 7:35 AM, K Sunil wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am using Log4j 1.3 alpha build for the development.
> > In this build, I tried to use TimeBasedRollingPolicy,
> > set below properties
> >
> > TimeBasedRollingPolicy f = new TimeBasedRollingPolicy();
> > f.setActiveFileName("rolling.txt");
> > f.setFileNamePattern("rolling.%d.zip");
> > f.activateOptions();
> >
> > then setRollingPolicy to RollingFileAppender object.
> >
> > r = new RollingFileAppender();
> > r.setRollingPolicy(f);
> > r.setLayout(s);
> > r.activateOptions();
> >
> > I am observing different behaviour i.e
> > I am run the program it logs to rolling.txt file
> > Now I change the system time to one day more and rerun the
>
> > same program.
> >
> > Behaviour observed: It is not rolling the file, instead
> > it is appended to the same rolling.txt file
> >
> > Expected behaviour: Should roll up the file with the date
> > appended to file Name.
> >
> >
> > Please let me know if I have missed any setting or Is the
> > behaviour as I am observing?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Sunil.K
>
>
> The RollingFileAppender only renames files when a triggering event
> occurs while the application is running. It does not attempt to
> determine if a triggering event would have occurred during the time
> that the application was inactive.
>
> What you have specified currently says: Always log to
> "rolling.txt" If the evaluation of the file name pattern changes
> between logging events, attempt rename the old rolling.txt to the
> previous evaluation of the file name pattern.
>
> If you are running the CVS HEAD, you can remove the setActiveFileName
> () call which will allow the active log file to be generated from the
>
> file name pattern. It still would not attempt to imply transitions
> that occurred in the past, but it would likely have the behavior that
>
> you desired. It is also more robust since it eliminates the close
> and rename actions.
>
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