[LOG4J2-35] Allow RollingFileAppender to do Rolling with a Date Pattern or DailyRollingFileAppender to have Max Backup Parameter

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta2
• Component/s: Appenders
• Labels: appender rolling time

Environment

any

• Assignee: Ralph Goers
• Reporter: JT
• Created: 21/Apr/10 16:58
• Updated: 29/Dec/13 02:04
• Resolved: 04/Oct/12 18:00

Description

It would be nice to be able roll files with a date pattern and not just an index while still being able to specify the max file size and number of copies to keep. Alternatively it would be good to be able to us the DailyRollingFileAppender with a max copies to keep parameter

Issue Links

• is related to: LOG4J2-435 Feature request: auto-delete older log files