[logback-user] TimeBasedRollingPolicy

[Ceki Gulcu]

Correct. The if(getParentsRawFileProperty != null) property is insufficient if 
the user only specifies a FileNamePattern but not the File property. Specifying 
only the FileNamePattern property is perfectly legal by the way.


paha wrote:
> Sorry, it doesn't work either. Till now i found the following problem
> 
> In TimeBasedRollingPolicy.java at start() there is a check where
> modification date of the file is inspected
> 
> if (getParentsRawFileProperty() != null)
> 
> at this point the result  is always null. At FileAppender<E> the name of the
> log file seems to be filled from configuration later than the check is run.
> That's why modification time of the file is not retrieved, an file is never
> rolled over. 



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