Author: vinay.sajip Date: Wed Apr 2 23:17:25 2008 New Revision: 62112 Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/logging.rst Log: Added updates with respect to recent changes to TimedRotatingFileHandler. Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/logging.rst ============================================================================== --- python/trunk/Doc/library/logging.rst (original) +++ python/trunk/Doc/library/logging.rst Wed Apr 2 23:17:25 2008 @@ -1670,10 +1670,11 @@ The system will save old log files by appending extensions to the filename. The extensions are date-and-time based, using the strftime format - ``%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`` or a leading portion thereof, depending on the rollover - interval. If *backupCount* is nonzero, at most *backupCount* files will be - kept, and if more would be created when rollover occurs, the oldest one is - deleted. + ``%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`` or a leading portion thereof, depending on the + rollover interval. If *backupCount* is nonzero, at most *backupCount* files + will be kept, and if more would be created when rollover occurs, the oldest + one is deleted. The deletion logic uses the interval to determine which + files to delete, so changing the interval may leave old files lying around. .. method:: TimedRotatingFileHandler.doRollover()