The %d pattern only applies to time based rollovers. If you want the time in a size based rollover pattern then use the date lookup
filePattern=/tmp/msg-$${date:yyyy_MM_dd}/nps-message-$${date:yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}.log Ralph > On Apr 27, 2020, at 10:39 AM, Benjamin Asbach <contact-...@impl.it> wrote: > > I guess I've been glad to early. > > ``` > appender.msglog.type = RollingFile > appender.msglog.name = localmsglog > appender.msglog.filePattern = > /tmp/msg-%d{yyyy_MM_dd}/nps-message-%d{yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}.log > appender.msglog.layout.type = log4j1xmllayout > appender.msglog.policies.type = Policies > appender.msglog.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy > appender.msglog.policies.size.size = 250MB > ``` > Is rolling the file as expected. > > I now tried to configure a nightly roll. > > by adding `appender.msglog.policies.cron.type = CronTriggeringPolicy`. I > also tried `appender.msglog.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy`. > Both results into a single log file `msg-2020_04_27_00_00_00-0.log` and size > based logging stops working. > > Any ideas? Maybe I misunderstand some basic concept? > > Thanks in advance > Benjamin > > On 2020-04-27 17:47, Benjamin Asbach wrote: >> I guess I found a solution: >> ``` >> appender.msglog.type = RollingFile >> appender.msglog.name = localmsglog >> appender.msglog.filePattern = >> /tmp/msg-%d{yyyy_MM_dd}/nps-message-%d{yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}.log >> appender.msglog.layout.type = log4j1xmllayout >> appender.msglog.policies.type = Policies >> appender.msglog.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy >> appender.msglog.policies.size.size = 250MB >> ``` >> Sorry for noise. >> Benjamin >> On 2020-04-27 16:24, Benjamin Asbach wrote: >>> Hej! >>> Currently I try to configure log4j2 to: >>> * create a log in a folder with dates: e.h. >>> 2020_04_27/messages.20200427_13_39_01.log >>> * limit the log size to 250MB >>> (* use a custom layout) >>> (* rollover every day) >>> But I'm already stuck with the first two bullets >>> ``` >>> appender.msglog.type = RollingFile >>> appender.msglog.name = localmsglog >>> appender.msglog.filePattern = >>> /tmp/msg-${date:yyyy_MM_dd}/nps-message-${date:yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss}.log >>> appender.msglog.layout.type = log4j1xmllayout >>> appender.msglog.policies.type = Policies >>> appender.msglog.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy >>> appender.msglog.policies.size.size = 250MB >>> appender.msglog.strategy.type = DirectWriteRolloverStrategy >>> ``` >>> Basically the log is created in the correct folder and with the >>> correct name. But the file is not rolled after 250MB . >>> I digged a little bit into the source and recognized that the >>> `DirectWriteRolloverStrategy` does not get the pattern, but the >>> current log file name, so it does not contain the `filePattern` at >>> all. >>> Now I'm unsure if this is a bug or a configuration issue. >>> Thanks in advance >>> Benjamin >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org