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Remko Popma commented on LOG4J2-435:
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Robert, it took me a long time to understand what you were trying to do
[there|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-435?focusedCommentId=15026538&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-15026538].
If I understand correctly you are essentially processing the files in two
phases: once to select an "aggregation" set filtered by file name/modification
time, and then once again (what you call "triggers") to select the subset from
that aggregation set that will be deleted.
Perhaps we can achieve the same with simpler syntax. How about this:
{code}
<Delete baseDir="${sys:base}">
<IfFileName glob="test-*.log"><!-- accepts if name matches AND all nested
conditions accept -->
<IfAccumulatedFileCount exceeds="5" /><!-- only called if name matched -->
</IfFileName>
</Delete>
{code}
> Feature request: auto-delete older log files
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> 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
>
> Attachments: LimitingRolloverStrategy.java, SizeParser.java
>
>
> 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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