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Remko Popma updated LOG4J2-435:
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Description:
Original description:
{quote}
DefaultRolloverStrategy max attribute only applies if you have a %i in the file
pattern. This request is to enhance DefaultRolloverStrategy or another
appropriate component to allow a max number of files limit to apply across
days/months/years when a filePattern includes a date pattern.
{quote}
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One of the most requested features is to add the ability to Log4j to "clean up"
older log files. This usually means deleting these files, although it could
also mean moving them to a different location, or some combination of these.
Users have different requirements for selecting the files to clean up. A common
request is the ability to keep the last X number of log files. This works well
if rollover is only date based but may give undesired results with size based
rollover.
Another factor to consider is that the directory containing the log files may
contain the log files for multiple appenders, or even files unrelated to
logging.
was:DefaultRolloverStrategy max attribute only applies if you have a %i in
the file pattern. This request is to enhance DefaultRolloverStrategy or another
appropriate component to allow a max number of files limit to apply across
days/months/years when a filePattern includes a date pattern.
Summary: Feature request: auto-delete older log files (was: Support
limiting number of log files based on custom policies)
> Feature request: auto-delete older log files
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>
> Key: LOG4J2-435
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-435
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Arkin Yetis
> Assignee: Remko Popma
> Labels: Rollover
> Fix For: 2.5
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> Attachments: LimitingRolloverStrategy.java, SizeParser.java
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>
> Original description:
> {quote}
> DefaultRolloverStrategy max attribute only applies if you have a %i in the
> file pattern. This request is to enhance DefaultRolloverStrategy or another
> appropriate component to allow a max number of files limit to apply across
> days/months/years when a filePattern includes a date pattern.
> {quote}
> ----
> One of the most requested features is to add the ability to Log4j to "clean
> up" older log files. This usually means deleting these files, although it
> could also mean moving them to a different location, or some combination of
> these.
> Users have different requirements for selecting the files to clean up. A
> common request is the ability to keep the last X number of log files. This
> works well if rollover is only date based but may give undesired results with
> size based rollover.
> Another factor to consider is that the directory containing the log files may
> contain the log files for multiple appenders, or even files unrelated to
> logging.
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