Microsoft Enterprise Library stackTrace log file grows endlessly.: microsoft enterprise library stackTrace log file

Microsoft Enterprise Library stackTrace log file grows endlessly.

Asked by: carl-

Hi all,
My company uses the Microsoft Enterprise Library to log exceptions to a stacktrace log file. The problem I have with doing this is that no one ever clears out the log file and we end up with this huge multi-megabyte file in my c:\logs\ directory after a year.
What are other people doing to log long running server programs exceptions to a file, yet clear out records older than x days, or after x number of megabytes? 3rd party programs? different code?
Any thoughts would help.
Thanks

Here is code excerpt that controls TraceLog.TraceMessage
LogEntry logEntry = new LogEntry();
logEntry.Categories.Clear();
logEntry.Categories.Add("Trace");
logEntry.Priority = 5;
logEntry.Severity = TraceEventType.Information;
logEntry.Message = Message + Environment.NewLine + Environment.NewLine;
Logger.Write(logEntry);

<loggingConfiguration name="Logging Application Block" tracingEnabled="true"
    defaultCategory="General" logWarningsWhenNoCategoriesMatch="false">
    <listeners>
      <add source="MyCompanyexe" formatter="Event Formatter" log="" machineName="."
        listenerDataType="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.FormattedEventLogTraceListenerData, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        traceOutputOptions="None" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.TraceListeners.FormattedEventLogTraceListener, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        name="Event Log Destination" />
      <!-- TraceLog output Filename below-->
      <add fileName="C:\logs\XmlExport_trace.log" header="" footer=""
        formatter="Text Formatter" listenerDataType="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.FlatFileTraceListenerData, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        traceOutputOptions="None" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.TraceListeners.FlatFileTraceListener, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        name="Flat File Destination" />
    </listeners>
    <formatters>
      <add template="Timestamp: {timestamp};&#xA; Message:{message};&#xA; Category:{category};&#xA; Priority: {priority};&#xA; EventId:{eventid};&#xA;        Severity: {severity};&#xA;        Title:{title};&#xA;        Machine:{machine};&#xA;        Application Domain: {appDomain};&#xA;        Process Name:{processName};&#xA;        Extended Properties: {dictionary({key}  {value};)}"
        type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Formatters.TextFormatter, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        name="Event Formatter" />
      <add template="Timestamp: {timestamp} Message: {message}" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Formatters.TextFormatter, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        name="Text Formatter" />
    </formatters>
    <logFilters>
      <add categoryFilterMode="AllowAllExceptDenied" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Filters.CategoryFilter, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"
        name="Category" />
    </logFilters>
    <categorySources>
      <add switchValue="All" name="Error">
        <listeners>
          <add name="Event Log Destination" />
        </listeners>
      </add>
      <add switchValue="All" name="General">
        <listeners>
          <add name="Flat File Destination" />
        </listeners>
      </add>
      <add switchValue="All" name="Trace">
        <listeners>
          <add name="Flat File Destination" />
        </listeners>
      </add>
    </categorySources>
    <specialSources>
      <allEvents switchValue="All" name="All Events" />
      <notProcessed switchValue="All" name="Unprocessed Category" />
      <errors switchValue="All" name="Logging Errors &amp; Warnings">
        <listeners>
          <add name="Event Log Destination" />
        </listeners>
      </errors>
    </specialSources>
  </loggingConfiguration>

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