wrapper.logfile.purge.sort Property

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wrapper.logfile.purge.sort property

Usage Example of Sort Modes

wrapper.logfile.purge.sort

Compatibility :	3.3.8
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This property controls the way existing log files are sorted with the pattern matching when deciding which ones to purge. It can be used in combination with the sort pattern which has been manually configured only while the wrapper.logfile.maxfiles property has been set.

Valid sort modes include:

TIMES:
to cause the files to be sorted based on their modified times. The order will be newest to oldest.
NAMES_ASC:
to cause the files to be sorted based on their names. The order will be in increasing order. Numbers in the names are treated as numbers, and will be sorted accordingly.
NAMES_DEC:
to cause the files to be sorted based on their names. The order will be in decreasing order. Numbers in the names are treated as numbers, and will be sorted accordingly.

The default value is TIMES.

Example:

wrapper.logfile.purge.sort=TIMES

Usage Example of Sort Modes:

To make each mode a little bit clearer, please look at the following examples. In all cases, files are sorted as explained above. The first N files will be preserved, where N is the value of the wrapper.logfile.maxfiles property. Any remaining files will be purged.

Here is the list of files used in the following examples. The following list of 5 Wrapper log files were generated using the ROLLNUM token in the log file name and the SIZE roll mode.

Log File List:

logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)
logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-27 10:00:00)
logs/wrapper.log.5  (2009-12-26 10:55:03)

After the files have been generated, someone modified the log file "wrapper.log.4", causing its modified date to be set to a later value.

Modification of wrapper.log.4:

logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)
logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-30 10:00:00)  <- Modified file
logs/wrapper.log.5  (2009-12-26 10:55:03)

TIMES:

The log files are sorted oldest to newest using the modified date of the files.

Files sorted by date:

logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-30 10:00:00)
logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)
logs/wrapper.log.5  (2009-12-26 10:55:03)

If wrapper.logfile.maxfiles property is set to 3, then the following files will remain after the purge:

Preserved files:

logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-30 10:00:00)
logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)

NAMES_ASC:

The log files are sorted based on their names in ascending order.

File name sorted in ascending order:

logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)
logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-30 10:00:00)
logs/wrapper.log.5  (2009-12-26 10:55:03)

If wrapper.logfile.maxfiles property is set to 3, then the following files will remain after the purge:

Preserved files:

logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)

NAMES_DEC:

The log files are sorted based on their names in descending order.

File name sorted in descending order:

logs/wrapper.log.5  (2009-12-26 10:55:03)
logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-30 10:00:00)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)
logs/wrapper.log.2  (2009-12-29 05:45:35)
logs/wrapper.log.1  (2009-12-29 22:59:40)

If wrapper.logfile.maxfiles property is set to 3, then the following files will remain after the purge:

Preserved files:

logs/wrapper.log.5  (2009-12-26 10:55:03)
logs/wrapper.log.4  (2009-12-30 10:00:00)
logs/wrapper.log.3  (2009-12-27 15:23:18)

Effective Use of NAMES_DEC:

The sort mode of NAMES_DEC makes little sense for the example above, and it's more commonly used with filenames containing dates or timestamps, as those files should be sorted in decreasing order to purge the oldest files:

Log File List (effective use of Decreasing Order):

logs/wrapper-20091230.log
logs/wrapper-20091229.log
logs/wrapper-20091228.log
logs/wrapper-20091227.log
logs/wrapper-20091226.log
logs/wrapper-20091225.log

Reference: logfile

wrapper.log.lf_delay.threshold (3.5.10)
Sets a threshold to split JVM messages that would be too long to be printed at once.
wrapper.log.warning.threshold (3.5.8)
Prints a warning when a log entry takes longer to be printed than the specified number of seconds.
wrapper.logfile (1.0.0)
Sets the path to the Wrapper log file.
wrapper.logfile.close.timeout (3.5.21)
Controls the number of seconds at which the log file should close after the last log entry.
wrapper.logfile.flush.timeout (3.5.21)
Configures the interval in seconds at which the Wrapper flushes all outputs to the log file.
wrapper.logfile.format (2.2.5)
Configures the format of the outputs sent to the log file.
wrapper.logfile.inactivity.timeout (3.2.0)
Controls the number of seconds at which the log file should close after the last log entry.
wrapper.logfile.loglevel (2.2.5)
Filters messages sent to the log file according to their log levels.
wrapper.logfile.maxfiles (2.2.5)
Controls the maximum number of rolled files.
wrapper.logfile.maxsize (2.2.5)
Controls the maximum size of rolled files.
wrapper.logfile.purge.pattern (3.3.8)
Controls the file pattern to purge old log files.
wrapper.logfile.purge.sort (3.3.8)
Configures the sorting mode of the rolled files to purge the last ones.
wrapper.logfile.rollmode (3.2.0)
Sets the roll mode of the log file.

wrapper.logfile.umask (3.2.0)
Specifies the umask to use when creating the log file.

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wrapper.logfile.purge.sort

Usage Example of Sort Modes:

Reference: logfile