[LOG4NET-226] Allow to specify file name as wildcard pattern

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11
• Fix Version/s: 1.2/2.0 Maintenance Release
• Component/s: Appenders
• Environment: Windows
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Maxim Fateev
• Created: 10/Aug/09 22:43
• Updated: 04/Apr/20 22:28

Description

Change 707809 fixes issue with windows file name extension.
From filename.txt.1, filename.txt.2 it changes it to filename.1.txt, filename.2.txt.
But it is still limiting form some use cases. I need to integrate logs with existing logging infrastucture that requires file names to be filename_0.log, filename_1.log.
I propose to add additional property to specify filename as a format pattern. I recommend using standard .net string format. So in my case file name would be filename_

{0}

.log.

It would also support other cases like requirement for filename to be filename_00.log, filename_01.log. Just specify format as filename_

{00}

.log

Also property to specify initial counter value is necessary to support my use case.

Issue Links

• is superceded by: LOG4NET-367 RollingFileAppender-NG: rewrite the RollingFileAppender