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Ralph Goers updated LOG4NET-185:
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> Rolling files backups is not decreasing when updating MaxSizeRollBackups
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> Key: LOG4NET-185
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-185
> Project: Log4net
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.2.10
> Environment: windows, all
> Reporter: nir bon
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.2/2.0 Maintenance Release
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> When decreasing the MaxSizeRollBackups parameter at runtime.
> the log4net is not deleting older files that has already written.
> This means that if i change the MaxSizeRollBackups parameter repeadetly, i
> can reach to very large number of old log files.
> reconstruct scenario
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> set number of backups to 10 files. wait till you have 10 files.
> decrease number of backups to 2.
> result- 10 files will remain at disk. 8 files will never be deleted, 2 files
> will stay as retention.
> expected - only 2 files will remain in disk.
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