RE: Too many log files

[Lansdaal, Michael T]

This post 
(http://www.l4ndash.com/Log4NetMailArchive%2Ftabid%2F70%2Fforumid%2F1%2Fpostid%2F17575%2Fview%2Ftopic%2FDefault.aspx)
 says that maxSizeRollBackups does not work if you set RollingStyle to 
RollingMode.Date (and another post I saw says it as "rollingStyle of Date does 
not support maxSizeRollBackups).

I have implemented my own directory cleaning code in application to clean out 
log files older than a certain date.

Thanks, Mike

From: Rob Richardson [mailto:rob.richard...@rad-con.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:37 AM
To: Log4NET User
Subject: Too many log files

Log4net is ignoring the maximum number of files for my rolling file appender:

  <appender name="RollingFile" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <file value="HeatingModelScheduler.log" />
    <appendToFile value="true" />
    <param name="MaxSizeRollBackups" value="5" />
    <param name="DatePattern" value=".yyyy-MM-dd.lo\g" />
    <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
      <conversionPattern value="%date - %message%newline" />
    </layout>
  </appender>

Why do I now have six old log files?

Thank you very much.

RobR