Sorry. I should have been more patient. setMaxBackupIndex(int)
http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/org/apache/log4j/RollingFileApp ender.html#maxBackupIndex The method is not listed under the Method Summary but listed under Method Detail. -----Original Message----- From: Rajan Annadurai Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 5:11 PM To: Log4J Users List Subject: RE: number of back up file in RollingFileAppender Hi Tim, That is through the configuration file. How do I do it dynamically using the RollingFileAppender in my code? Thanx, Rajan -----Original Message----- From: Tim Sawyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 5:49 PM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: number of back up file in RollingFileAppender On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 16:41, Rajan Annadurai wrote: > How do I set the number of back up files? The default is 2 and I would > like to have the option of configuring it. MaxBackupIndex: <appender name="A1" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender"> <param name="File" value="log/toolkit.log"/> <param name="Append" value="true"/> <param name="MaxFileSize" value="5MB"/> <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="10"/> <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{DATE} [%t] %-5p %C{2} - %m%n"/> </layout> </appender> Tim. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>