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Remko Popma commented on LOG4J2-435:
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I've given it some thought and one option is to introduce a new element that is
guaranteed to execute last. In the case of {{<IfAny>}} (OR), this element would
only evaluate a file if any of the preceding elements accepts the file. For
{{IfAll}} (AND), this element would only evaluate a file if all of the
preceding elements accept the file.
I've tried to think of good names for this element. Some element names that
sound good to me are: {{<Then>}}, {{<And>}}, {{<ThenAlsoCheck>}},
{{<AndAlso>}}, {{<AndFinally>}}.
Your use case 2 would then look like this:
{code}
<Delete baseDir="${sys:base}">
<IfAny>
<IfFileName glob="debug-*.log" />
<IfLastModified age="30d" />
<ThenAlsoCheck>
<IfAccumulatedFileSize exceeds="100 mb" />
</ThenAlsoCheck>
</IfAny>
</Delete>
{code}
Not sure if we need this immediately though. We could go live with what we have
now and add this element when a user requests it and it is clear there is a
real need for it.
> 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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