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Ralph Goers commented on LOG4J2-2517: ------------------------------------- I've run the project on my Mac and from what I can tell it is behaving as I would expect. On startup there is no previous log file so there is nothing to roll over. If I modify the test to do {code:java} File file = new File("logs/logjam.log"); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); Path path = file.toPath(); String[] msgs = {"Hello"}; List<String> list = Arrays.asList(msgs); Files.write(path, list, StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW, StandardOpenOption.WRITE); Thread.sleep(3000); logger = LogManager.getLogger(Main.class); logger.info("Test");{code} it rolls over as expected. > RollingFileManager OnStartupTriggeringPolicy never rolls the file on startup > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LOG4J2-2517 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2517 > Project: Log4j 2 > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Appenders > Affects Versions: 2.11.1 > Reporter: Jon Hanson > Priority: Minor > Attachments: log4j2.json, log4j2_debug.log > > > I'm trying to get log4j2 (V2.11.1) to roll the existing log file at startup > before it starts logging into a new file. My config is atached to the jira. > I'm using a RollingFileManager with a OnStartupTriggeringPolicy with > minSize=0, which, according to the documentation should be sufficient. > However what i'm finding is that at startup, the > {{OnStartupTriggeringPolicy}} class {{initialize}} method compares the > timestamp of the log file to the JVM startup, and if the log file time is > after the start-up time then it won't roll the file. If I step through the > code then I see that at the point that check is made the file time is always > after the JVM start time, because log4j2 appears to have already opened the > file for writing at that point. > More info here: > [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53632091/log4j2-rollingfilemanager-onstartuptriggeringpolicy-never-rolls-the-file-on-star] > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)