Filename not being followed - filename always has date appended

When I set the file name transport as follows (or without the datePattern option):

  transport = new (winston.transports.DailyRotateFile)({
    filename: "applicaton.log",
    datePattern: '',
    zippedArchive: true,
    maxSize: '20m',
    maxFiles: '14d'
  });

It appends the current date and creates a file with the name “application.log.2021-03-24”. I need the name to be exactly as specified, without a date. The rolled file name isn’t a concern. How can I achieve this?

Thank you

[mdottavi]

@mattberther Does symlinkName option works correctly even if dirname option is added? I use next options with winstonDailyRotateFile and as a result it creates winston.log.2021-05-07 file instead of info.log that I expect?

const createLogger: Function = 
    (filename: string): winston.Logger => winston.createLogger({
        level: 'info',
        format: formatter,
        transports: [new winstonDailyRotateFile({
            dirname: logsFolder,
            createSymlink: true,
            symlinkName: 'info.log',
            maxFiles: '7d'
        })]
    });

Were you able to solve the issue? I am also stuck on this issue

I did the following, and it worked for me.

`

new transports.DailyRotateFile({
        level: 'warn',
        filename: './logs/error.%DATE%.log',
        auditFile: './logs/audits/error.audit.json',
        dirname: './logs',
        createSymlink: true,
        symlinkName: 'error.log',
        handleExceptions: true,
        json: false,
        maxSize: '20m',
        maxFiles: '7d',
        datePattern: 'YYYY-MM-DD',
        colorize: false,
        format: combine(
            format.colorize(),
            splat(),
            timestamp({ format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSS' }),
            myFormat
          ),    
    }),

` The result was in logs directory: error.2021-09-22.log* error.log -> error.2021-09-22.log*

[nikita-lipnyagov]

@mattberther Does symlinkName option works correctly even if dirname option is added?

I use next options with winstonDailyRotateFile and as a result it creates winston.log.2021-05-07 file instead of info.log that I expect?

const createLogger: Function = 
    (filename: string): winston.Logger => winston.createLogger({
        level: 'info',
        format: formatter,
        transports: [new winstonDailyRotateFile({
            dirname: logsFolder,
            createSymlink: true,
            symlinkName: 'info.log',
            maxFiles: '7d'
        })]
    });