[jira] [Created] (LOG4J2-2121) DefaultRolloverStrategy max = 5 does not limit nuber of files

[Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki (JIRA)]

Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki created LOG4J2-2121:
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             Summary: DefaultRolloverStrategy max = 5 does not limit nuber of 
files
                 Key: LOG4J2-2121
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2121
             Project: Log4j 2
          Issue Type: Question
         Environment: Linux RedHat
            Reporter: Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki


Dears,

I have very simple configuration of the RollingFile appender

{{    <RollingFile name="RollingFile" 
fileName="${env:LOG_DIR}/${application}/endpoint.log"
                 
filePattern="$${env:LOG_DIR}/$${application}/$${date:yyyy-MM}/endpoint-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
      <PatternLayout>
        <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n</Pattern>
      </PatternLayout>
      <Policies>
        <TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy />
      </Policies>
      <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="5"/>
    </RollingFile>
}}

This configuration works partly good. Every day there is created file in folder 
_YYYY-MM_.
That is expected.
What is not expected - it is that the process is not limited at all. I mean 
there are more than 5 files in all folders.

Questions: 
Is it something wrong with configuration?
is max=5 considered to be the numeber of files or folders (in my case months)?
or max=5 is ignored at all.

Thanks in advance for help.



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