[Bug?]Logger->Keep maximum of X files

[m^2]

I'm not sure if it should be called a bug, but this option doesn't behave the way I wanted it to and I miss some files this way.
How does it work? Creates X files, then stops logging. No warning, nothing.
When I set it, I thought that it will automatically delete the oldest ones, not turn logging off.

[theosdikaios]

In my case it works like you (and me) expect. What options are used in addition? In my case I use a fixed path (i.e. C:\TEMP instead of %temp% - maybe %temp% isn't set like your expectations?) and "Every day after midnight".

[m^2]

Log file: %COMMANDER_PATH%\..\Logs\TC.log
Logging all events.
Every day after midnight.
100 copies.

2 details: Actually TC created 101 files. TC.log + 100 TC.date.log. Then didn't delete / rename TC.log and stopped logging at all.
I'm pretty sure access rights wasn't an issue.

[theosdikaios]

My options
Log file: C:\TEMP\totalcmd.log
Logging all events except "File system plugins"
Every day after midnight.
Only 10 copies.

Maybe playing with the differences between your and my options will be dectected a cause?

[m^2]

Yes, but it will take some time
I'll try to limit it to 1 copy, I don't want to play with my system time. I already have to many events in another logs that are supposed to be from 2003

[ts4242]

2m^2
I think it is related to this

if not, what do you mean by Creates X files

[m^2]

Yep, it seems that's the problem, thanks. When I moved the TC.date.logs from the logs folder, TC renamed TC.log to TC.20071219.log. And there was a log with the same name moved..and I'm sure I didn't make it manually.
The moved log is pretty short..

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2007-12-19 11:21:09: Program start (1/M)
2007-12-19 11:35:49: Delete: E:\projects\ForceDel\aa

Notice that program end is not there. Crash?
Let's take a look into the second one..

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2003-01-01 00:03:33: Program start (1/M)
2007-12-19 20:36:01: NewFolder: D:\TC\Tools\Media\VIDEO\RealAlternative\Media Player Classic\Codecs\
(...)

Started in 2003. So it was probably a crash with BIOS reset. Date changed, so TC renamed the "old" ( future? ) TC.log.
After starting TC I adjusted date. Why didn't TC rename the 2003 log? (bug?)
Anyway, when the day passed, it couldn't rename TC.log->TC.20071219.log because it was there already.

I suggest changing this behaviour. Maybe TC.20071219_2.log?

[m^2]

Checked:
TC doesn't rename if the name is in use, but keeps logging and does the renaming a day later.
I can call it fixed.

[ghisler(Author)]

Great, thanks for checking it!