I'm a developer. One of my application is based on Jdk8, groovy 2.4 as language and on the top of Spring Framework. As a logger I'm using 'logback' dependencies. (group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.1.8'). Basically, RollingFileAppender is working fine for me, But currently.

For an example, Suppose the specific logger function is invoked at 2018-05-16 11:08:50, A record entered into error.log and no rolling file is created. Well, when the next execution occurs approximately after 6 minutes at 2018-05-16 11:15:05, A fresh file is created error.2018-05-16-11-08.log and error.log file is refreshed with only the new message. This behavior is as per the documentation. But currently, I'm in need of instant creation of log file as soon as the rolling complete. In that case, the new file error.2018-05-16-11-08.log which is created actually at 2018-05-16 11:15:05, I need to create the same file actually at 2018-05-16 11:09:00 (means as soon as the minute based rolling is complete).

<appender name="ERROR_LOG"
        class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
        <file>logs/error.log</file>
        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
            <fileNamePattern>logs/error_log/error.%d{yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm}.log
            </fileNamePattern>
            <maxHistory>10</maxHistory>
        </rollingPolicy>
        <encoder>
            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}\t%msg%n</pattern>
        </encoder>
    </appender>

Through my investigation,

The purpose is partially resolved by removing the below property.

<file>logs/error.log</file>

But, I also need to produce "/logs/error.log" file. So, is there any way to satisfy my first criteria without impacting error.log file.

Please, feel free to ask me anything regarding this issue.

Best Regards,