# Methods

`-checkFilestatus`
  Internal method used to open/create files or to look for log rotation
`-closeAndMoveFile`
  Internal method used to close and move the current logging file
`-createBackupFilename`
  Internal method used create a non-existing backup file name
`-openFile`
  Internal method used to open or create and open a file if necessary
`-setBackupFilenameSuffix:`
  Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.
`-setBaseFilename:`
  speficies the fully qualified name for the logging file
`-setEncoding:`
  Specifies the encoding for the logging file. By default the encoding NSASCIIStringEncoding is being used. Refer to the documentation of NSString for further information about encodings
`-setLogBackzpFilename`
  Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.
`-setMaxFilesize:`
  Specifies the maximum number of bytes per logging file
`-writeLog:`
  called in order to write the given string somewhere on mother earth

### checkFilestatus

Internal method used to open/create files or to look for log rotation

>     - checkFilestatus;

method result
  self

### closeAndMoveFile

Internal method used to close and move the current logging file

>     - closeAndMoveFile;

method result
  self

### createBackupFilename

Internal method used create a non-existing backup file name

>     - (NSString *) createBackupFilename;

method result
  non-existing backup file name

### openFile

Internal method used to open or create and open a file if necessary

>     - openFile;

method result
  self

### setBackupFilenameSuffix:

Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.

See Also:

> setLogBackzpFilename

>     - setBackupFilenameSuffix: (NSString *) aBackupFilename;

##### Parameter Descriptions

> `aBackupFilename`
>   may contain date formatting specifiers. Internally this string is passed to [NSDate descriptionWithCalendarFormat::]

### setBaseFilename:

speficies the fully qualified name for the logging file

>     - setBaseFilename: (NSString *) aBaseFilename;

##### Parameter Descriptions

> `aBaseFilename`
>   fully qualified name for the logging file

method result
  self

### setEncoding:

Specifies the encoding for the logging file. By default the encoding NSASCIIStringEncoding is being used. Refer to the documentation of NSString for further information about encodings

>     - setEncoding: (NSStringEncoding) anEncoding;

method result
  self

### setLogBackzpFilename

Specifies the suffix which is used when renaming the logging file due to rotation. By default "%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_BACKUSUFFIX is used.

See Also:

> setBackupFilenameSuffix:

>     - setBackupFilenameSuffix: (NSString *) aBackupFilename;

##### Parameter Descriptions

> `aBackupFilename`
>   may contain date formatting specifiers. Internally this string is passed to [NSDate descriptionWithCalendarFormat::]

method result
  self

### setMaxFilesize:

Specifies the maximum number of bytes per logging file

>     - setMaxFilesize: (unsigned int) nrBytes;

##### Parameter Descriptions

> `nrBytes`
>   the file writer will create the next file after have been written more then nrBytes.

method result
  self

##### Discussion

By default a maximum size of 4KB (ECFileLoggingWriter_DEFAULT_MAXFILESIZE) is assumed.

### writeLog:

called in order to write the given string somewhere on mother earth

>     - writeLog: (NSString *) logEntry;

method result
  self

(Last Updated August 27, 2006)