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            Implements file roll.
            </div><p></p><b>Namespace:</b> <a href="N_log4net_Appender.htm" target="">log4net.Appender</a><br /><b>Assembly:</b> <span sdata="assembly">log4net</span> (in log4net.dll) Version: 1.2.15.0 (1.2.15.0)<div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Syntax</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><div id="snippetGroup_Syntax" class="code"><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainer"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabs" id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tabs"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabLeftActive" id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tabimgleft"></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabActive" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECBDAAAAA','C#','1','4');return false;">C#</a></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECBDAAAAA','Visual Basic','2','4');return false;">VB</a></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTab" EnableCopyCode="true"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:ChangeTab('ID0ECBDAAAAA','Visual C++','3','4');return false;">C++</a></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tab4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabDisabledNotFirst" EnableCopyCode="true" disabled="true"><a>F#</a></div><div class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerTabRight" id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_tabimgright"></div></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_codecollection" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCodeCollection"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBar"><div class="OH_CodeSnippetToolBarText"><a id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_ViewColorized" href="#" onclick="javascript:ExchangeTitleContent('ID0ECBDAAAAA','4')" title="View Colorized" style="display: none">View Colorized</a><a id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_copycode" href="#" onclick="javascript:CopyToClipboard('ID0ECBDAAAAA','4')" title="Copy to Clipboard">Copy to Clipboard</a><a id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_PrintText" class="OH_PrintText" href="#" onclick="javascript:Print('ID0ECBDAAAAA','4')" title="Print">Print</a></div></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: block"><pre><span class="keyword">protected</span> <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">RollOverRenameFiles</span>(
	<span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="parameter">baseFileName</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div1" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>protected void RollOverRenameFiles(
	string baseFileName
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">Protected</span> <span class="keyword">Sub</span> <span class="identifier">RollOverRenameFiles</span> ( 
	<span class="parameter">baseFileName</span> <span class="keyword">As</span> <span class="identifier">String</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div2" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>Protected Sub RollOverRenameFiles ( 
	baseFileName As String
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre><span class="keyword">protected</span>:
<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">RollOverRenameFiles</span>(
	<span class="identifier">String</span>^ <span class="parameter">baseFileName</span>
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div3" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre>protected:
void RollOverRenameFiles(
	String^ baseFileName
)</pre></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div><div id="ID0ECBDAAAAA_code_Plain_Div4" class="OH_CodeSnippetContainerCode" style="display: none"><pre /></div></div></div><script>addSpecificTextLanguageTagSet('ID0ECBDAAAAA');</script></div><div id="parameters"><h4 class="subHeading">Parameters</h4><dl paramName="baseFileName"><dt><span class="parameter">baseFileName</span></dt><dd>Type: <img src="./../icons/online_icon.gif" class="OH_offlineIcon" alt="Online" title="Online" /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s1wwdcbf" target="_blank">System<span id="ID0EBCAAADAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
					addToLanSpecTextIdSet("ID0EBCAAADAAAAA?vb=.|cpp=::|cs=.|fs=.|nu=.");
				</script>String</a><br /><span>the base name to rename</span></dd></dl></div><div class="OH_CollapsibleAreaRegion"><div class="OH_regiontitle">Remarks</div><div class="OH_CollapsibleArea_HrDiv"><hr class="OH_CollapsibleArea_Hr" /></div></div><div class="OH_clear"></div><p>
            If the maximum number of size based backups is reached
            (<span class="code">curSizeRollBackups == maxSizeRollBackups</span>) then the oldest
            file is deleted -- its index determined by the sign of countDirection.
            If <span class="code">countDirection</span> &lt; 0, then files
            {<span class="code">File.1</span>, ..., <span class="code">File.curSizeRollBackups -1</span>}
            are renamed to {<span class="code">File.2</span>, ...,
            <span class="code">File.curSizeRollBackups</span>}. 
            </p><p>
            If <span class="code">maxSizeRollBackups</span> is equal to zero, then the
            <span class="code">File</span> is truncated with no backup files created.
            </p><p>
            If <span class="code">maxSizeRollBackups</span> &lt; 0, then <span class="code">File</span> is
            renamed if needed and no files are deleted.
            </p><p>
            This is called by <a href="M_log4net_Appender_RollingFileAppender_RollOverSize.htm" target="">RollOverSize<span id="ID0EABACAAAAA"> </span><script type="text/javascript">
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				</script></a> to rename the files.
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