Atul created LOGBACK-1353: ----------------------------- Summary: Log files are not rotating if directory name and file name both have date pattern. Key: LOGBACK-1353 URL: https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1353 Project: logback Issue Type: Bug Components: logback-classic, logback-core Affects Versions: 1.2.3 Reporter: Atul Assignee: Logback dev list Log files don't rotate if *fileNamePattern* contains directory name and file name with date pattern. <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender"> <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder"> <Pattern>%level %date [%thread] [%file:%line] %msg%n</Pattern> </encoder> <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy"> <fileNamePattern>/data/logs/api/app/*%d\{yyyy-MM-dd}*/api.*%d\{yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm}*.log</fileNamePattern> <maxHistory>240</maxHistory> </rollingPolicy> </appender>   It start working fine , if date formatted directory is removed from fileNamePattern. <fileNamePattern>/data/logs/api/app/api.*%d\{yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm}*.log</fileNamePattern>       -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.3.1#73012)