On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone, > I am trying to read / copy the apache access.log file which is about a Gig > in size and it keeps telling me a process (apache) has locked the file and > my read / copy fails. Unfortunately this is under windows (no options) so I > am looking for something to let me copy this file reliably without having > the error occur. I considered just writing a perl script to read blocks of > the file (open, seek, read, close, write, repeat) and just retry if I get an > error on open or read but thought I would ask if anyone has or knows of a > free tool to do this already. > > Thanks, > > Andy >
http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html This might cause problems by killing the service or crashing it when it finds it's no longer connected to the log, but I've used it to move/delete files that are "open or in use" in Windows. I'm guessing you can't boot the server into safe mode or kill apache, so this might work. -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
