How to force log4net to store only the last X days of logs?

Question

I want log4net to keep talking about 10-day log files, as there are an unlimited number of them that will eventually eat up my disk space. I thought I could do this by setting

<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />

on my RollingFileAppender but no dice. How to do it?

Answer 1

Take a look at this similar post for answers.

Make sure you do not copy logs by date according to the SDK :

The maximum number of backup files when switching to date / time boundaries is not supported.

Answer 2

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<appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="logfile" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
<datePattern value="yyyyMMdd" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>