Description

The LOG_FILE_GENERATIONS option specifies the total number of log files that will be saved within the log directory.

Log file creation is specified by the MESSAGE_DESTINATION option (value = logfile).

Usage

Method	Syntax	IBM i	UNIX	Windows	z/OS
Configuration File Keyword	log_file_generations generations

Value

generations is the number of log files that will be saved within the log directory.

The maximum number of generations of log files that can be saved is 999.

Default is 5.

Note

If the value is decreased, only the specified number of generations will be maintained. The "excess" log files are not cleaned up immediately, but as the log files rotate, this "excess" will be cleaned up and reused.

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