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diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst index 8ffa301..ac462fe 100644 --- a/Doc/library/logging.rst +++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst @@ -1649,10 +1649,11 @@ timed intervals. The system will save old log files by appending extensions to the filename. The extensions are date-and-time based, using the strftime format - ``%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`` or a leading portion thereof, depending on the rollover - interval. If *backupCount* is nonzero, at most *backupCount* files will be - kept, and if more would be created when rollover occurs, the oldest one is - deleted. + ``%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S`` or a leading portion thereof, depending on the + rollover interval. If *backupCount* is nonzero, at most *backupCount* files + will be kept, and if more would be created when rollover occurs, the oldest + one is deleted. The deletion logic uses the interval to determine which + files to delete, so changing the interval may leave old files lying around. .. method:: TimedRotatingFileHandler.doRollover() |