That indeed does seem strange. I will have to try it myself. You may have found
a bug.
Ralph
> On Dec 8, 2016, at 7:07 AM, Greg Thomas <greg.d.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm using a RollingFileAppender, configured similar to ...
>
> <Appenders>
> <RollingFile name="rf" fileName="../logs/my.log"
> filePattern="../logs/my.%i.log.zip">
> <PatternLayout>
> <pattern>%d %-5p [%c{1}] %X - %m%n</pattern>
> </PatternLayout>
> <Policies>
> <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="100 MB"/>
> </Policies>
> <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="20"/>
> </RollingFile>
> </Appenders>
>
>
> So far so good. I get 20 logs files, my.1.log.zip -> my.20.log.zip, as I
> would expect.
>
> However, the file contained with "my.20.log.zip" is called ...
> "my.1.log.zip". In fact, every log file contains a file of the same name,
> "my.1.log.zip".
>
> Whilst I can see why this would be the case, it still breaks the principle
> of least surprise in my mind. Is there a configuration option I can use to
> avoid this - or any other mechanism I missed that would use a more natural
> file naming mechanism?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
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