[logback-dev] [JIRA] Created: (LBCORE-165) Log file in archive created by RollingFileAppender does not have an extension

[Stijn Van Bael (JIRA)]

Log file in archive created by RollingFileAppender does not have an extension
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                 Key: LBCORE-165
                 URL: http://jira.qos.ch/browse/LBCORE-165
             Project: logback-core
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Appender, Rolling
    Affects Versions: 0.9.24
         Environment: Windows XP
            Reporter: Stijn Van Bael
            Assignee: Logback dev list
            Priority: Minor


When creating a rolling file appender (see configuration below), the log file within the zipped archive has no extension. This is quite annoying on a Windows system since Windows has no clue how to open a file without extension. You have to rename the file and add the correct extension or choose the program to open over and over again.

Suggested fix: make the file in the archive inherit the extension from the original log file. So for an archive named "log-2010-08-11.zip", the log file within the archive would become "log-2010-08-11.txt", since the original log file was "log.txt".

  <appender name="ROLLING" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
      <file>log.txt</file>
      <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
         <fileNamePattern>log-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.zip</fileNamePattern>
        <maxHistory>60</maxHistory>
    </rollingPolicy>
    <encoder>
      <pattern>%-4relative [%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>


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