Hi, Documentation says it's not supported : "A maximum number of backup files when rolling on date/time boundaries is not supported."
http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/sdk/log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender.html - Bruno 2009/3/25 Dean Fiala <dfi...@celadonlabs.com> > This is a configuration for an apprender will roll the file every day > and keep 5 days of logs. > > <appender name="RollingFile" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> > <file value="/logs/yourlogfile.log" /> > <appendToFile value="true" /> > <rollingStyle value="Date" /> > <datePattern value="yyyyMMdd" /> > <maxSizeRollBackups value="5" /> > <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> > <conversionPattern value="%d{MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss}: %p %t %c{1} > - %m%n" /> > </layout> > </appender> > > > Check out > http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/sdk/log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender.html > > for more property settings. > > HTH, > > Dean Fiala > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Navin Mishra [mailto:navin_m...@yahoo.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:47 PM > *To:* log4net-user@logging.apache.org > *Subject:* Rolling log files based on date > > Hi, > > I want to have a log4net log file 1 per day and I want to preserve > log4net log files for the last 5 days only. Could log4net rolling file > appender could be configured to do that ? > > Thanks in advance and regards > > Navin > >