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The logs are rotated with a date extension rather than with a sequential numerical .1, .2 (etc.) suffix. This is achieved with the dateext option in the shown configuration (together with dateformat which sets the format of the extension). The actual logfile is called sample.log and the list of names that they show are the already rotated logs.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2024-02-08 17:39:27 +00:00
Commented Feb 8, 2024 at 17:39
Yes @Kusalananda I see that. The glob pattern I provided is not invalid, I included a wild card which would result in matching all the rotated logs.

Lawrence Warren
– Lawrence Warren

2024-02-13 10:37:05 +00:00
Commented Feb 13, 2024 at 10:37

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