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

[Apache <ra...@dslextreme.com>]

From your configuration the limit is 5 per rollover interval. You are specifying an interval of one day. Are you getting more than 5 per day?

Ralph

> On Nov 16, 2017, at 1:44 AM, Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki (JIRA) <ji...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2121?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
> 
> Seweryn Habdank-Wojewodzki updated LOG4J2-2121:
> -----------------------------------------------
>    Description: 
> Dears,
> 
> I have very simple configuration of the RollingFile appender
> 
> 
> {code:xml}
> <RollingFile name="RollingFile" fileName="${env:LOG_DIR}/${application}/endpoint.log"
>    filePattern="$${env:LOG_DIR}/$${application}/$${date:yyyy-MM}/endpoint-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}-%i.log">
>    <PatternLayout>
>        <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n</Pattern>
>    </PatternLayout>
>    <Policies>
>        <TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy />
>    </Policies>
>    <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="5"/>
> </RollingFile>
> {code}
> 
> This configuration works partly good. Every day there is created file in folder _YYYY-MM_.
> That is expected.
> What is not expected - it is that the process is not limited at all. I mean there are more than 5 files in all folders.
> 
> Questions: 
> Is it something wrong with configuration?
> is max=5 considered to be the numeber of files or folders (in my case months)?
> or max=5 is ignored at all.
> 
> I had read some hints in: [How does Log4j2 DefaultRolloverStrategy's max attribute really work?|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24551768/how-does-log4j2-defaultrolloverstrategys-max-attribute-really-work]
> 
> Thanks in advance for help.
> 
>  was:
> Dears,
> 
> I have very simple configuration of the RollingFile appender
> 
> 
> {code:xml}
> <RollingFile name="RollingFile" fileName="${env:LOG_DIR}/${application}/endpoint.log"
>    filePattern="$${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>
> {code}
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
>> 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
>> {code:xml}
>> <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>
>> {code}
>> 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.
>> I had read some hints in: [How does Log4j2 DefaultRolloverStrategy's max attribute really work?|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24551768/how-does-log4j2-defaultrolloverstrategys-max-attribute-really-work]
>> Thanks in advance for help.
> 
> 
> 
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