I see two choices here - maintain a use count or just let the OS close the files.
The second would be pretty easy to do once we move the web stuff to its own module as it can add a property that the console Appender would look for. The first option is probably better if it could be made to work properly. Ralph > On May 4, 2014, at 6:38 AM, Bruce Brouwer <bruce.brou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is what I was starting to investigate with LOG4J2-609. > > I don't think this is quite there yet. For one, in > StatusConsoleListener.close(), System.out and System.err can change over > time, so doing the != check might still close something that at one time was > System.out but no longer is. > > Also, a StatusConsoleListener is shared among different JSONConfiguration and > XMLConfiguration instances (think about multiple WARs in a Tomcat instance > where log4j is in Tomcat's shared lib directory). If we undeployed one of > those WARs, it would shutdown the StatusConsoleListener that was shared with > the other WAR deployments. > > Also think about where some of these WARs wanted to use System.out and others > want to use a log file for status logging. Because of the way these shared > loggers are found, only the first StatusConsoleListener registered would > actually take effect. So sometimes when you start Tomcat, status logs go to > System.out, other times they go to a log file. I'd hate having to debug that > one if I didn't know about this issue. > > I have an idea of how to address this, but it unfortunately isn't as simple > as closing the StatusConsoleListener. > > >> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hooray, we've finally figured out the bug. :) >> >> >>> On 3 May 2014 19:49, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I just updated from SVN and all tests now pass. >>> The build works now. Thanks! >>> >>> >>>> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I just fixed it in r1592291 haha >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 3 May 2014 17:54, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >>>>> Yes. It cause them to close. Anything written to System.out or System.err >>>>> will fail. >>>>> >>>>>> On May 3, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Does closing them do anything? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3 May 2014 17:10, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Perhaps we need a StatusFileListerner when writing to a file? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ralph >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On May 3, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> System.out or System.err should never be closed. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ralph >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On May 3, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I've implemented Closeable on StatusListener in r1592258. Please try >>>>>>>>> out the unit tests again and let me know if this solves the issue on >>>>>>>>> Windows. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 3 May 2014 12:30, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> I think this is actually a bug. StatusListener should implement >>>>>>>>>> Closeable, and when the listeners are cleared, it should loop >>>>>>>>>> through and close them before clearing the list of listeners. >>>>>>>>>> Otherwise, files can stay opened and Windows still hasn't figured >>>>>>>>>> out how to handle that. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 3 May 2014 11:22, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, commenting out that test to verify my changes was exactly >>>>>>>>>>> what I was doing now... :-) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Ralph Goers >>>>>>>>>>>> <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, and if you are trying to do some work just comment out the >>>>>>>>>>>> @Test of the failing test - but don’t commit that. >>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 3, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Ralph Goers >>>>>>>>>>>>> <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That happens because the file is still being referenced by >>>>>>>>>>>>> something when it is trying to delete it. It should be because >>>>>>>>>>>>> the file is open but I recall reading that Windows sometimes >>>>>>>>>>>>> holds on to file references longer than it should. This was >>>>>>>>>>>>> probably caused by the changes Matt made to the unit test >>>>>>>>>>>>> framework a month or so ago. I will bring up my Windows VM and >>>>>>>>>>>>> take a look at it this afternoon. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 3, 2014, at 8:58 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, windows 7. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 12:54 AM, Ralph Goers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FileOutputTest was failing for me last week and I thought I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> fixed it. But it was failing because the file was empty, not >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because it couldn’t be deleted. I guess you must be running on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ralph >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 3, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > When I run mvn clean install, I get this problem: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Failed tests: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > FileOutputTest.testConfig Could not delete >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > target\status.log, last modifed 14/05/04 0:27 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > FileOutputTest has a "CleanFiles" rule that seems to fail: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > public RuleChain rules = RuleChain.outerRule(new >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > CleanFiles(STATUS_LOG)).around(new >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > InitialLoggerContext(CONFIG)); >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > How do I fix this? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Remko >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> > > > > -- > > Bruce Brouwer
