Hi,

I am using NXLog with the Example 108. “File Rotation Based on Size” from the NXLog Community Edition Reference Manual.

In rare cases i have the problem that rotate_to uses the wrong filename and overwrite some other logfile. In the example below “logid.log” to “Mod-002”.  See nxlog.log

Version:  nxlog-ce-3.1.2319

nxlog.log

Zeile 3644025: 2023-03-14 10:28:02 INFO om_file successfully rotated file 'C:\Program Files\nxlog\data\10.87.243.24\logid.log' to 'C:\Program Files\nxlog\data\10.87.243.24\Mod-002.20230314102802.log'

nxlog.conf

## This is a sample configuration file. See the nxlog reference manual about the
## configuration options. It should be installed locally and is also available
## online at http://nxlog.org/nxlog-docs/en/nxlog-reference-manual.html
Please set the ROOT to the folder your nxlog was installed into,
otherwise it will not start.
define ROOT C:\Program Files\nxlog
#define ROOT C:\Program Files (x86)\nxlog
define CERTDIR %ROOT%\cert
define CONFDIR %ROOT%\conf
define LOGDIR %ROOT%\data
Moduledir %ROOT%\modules
CacheDir %ROOT%\data
Pidfile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.pid
SpoolDir %ROOT%\data
LogFile %ROOT%\data\nxlog.log
<Extension exec>
Module		xm_exec
</Extension>
<Extension syslog>
Module		xm_syslog
</Extension>
<Extension fileop>
Module		xm_fileop
</Extension>
<Input udp>
Module		im_udp
Host		10.87.243.20
Port		514
Exec		parse_syslog();
Exec		dir_make('%LOGDIR%' + $Hostname);
</Input>
<Output udpfile>
Module		om_file
CreateDir	TRUE
File		'%LOGDIR%' + $Hostname + '' + $SourceName + '.log'
Exec		if udpfile->file_size() > 5M { 

$newfile = '%LOGDIR%' + $Hostname + '' + $SourceName + '.' + strftime(now(), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S") + '.log'; 

udpfile->rotate_to($newfile); 

exec_async('%CONFDIR%\bzip2.exe', $newfile); 

}
</Output>
<Route udp>
Path		udp => udpfile
</Route>

Any ideas what's going wrong here?

Thanks