Java Log Rotate rotateLogs(File where, String basename, int max)

Description

rotate Logs

License

MIT License

Declaration

private static void rotateLogs(File where, String basename, int max) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  w  w  . j a v  a2  s. c om
 * Utils.java - Copyright(c) 2013 Joe Pasqua
 * Provided under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
 * Created: Jul 8, 2013
 */

import java.io.File;

public class Main {
    private static void rotateLogs(File where, String basename, int max) {
        File logfile = new File(where, String.format("%s-%02d.log", basename, max));
        if (logfile.exists()) {
            logfile.delete();
        }
        if (max > 0) {
            File previous = new File(where, String.format("%s-%02d.log", basename, max - 1));
            if (previous.exists()) {
                previous.renameTo(logfile);
            }
            rotateLogs(where, basename, max - 1);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. rotateLog()