Where are you keeping log4j? Is it in common/lib or some place such as that or is it stored in you WEB-INF/lib folder?
>From my understanding if it's in common or shared, then unloading the webapp won't release the files, since webapps inherit common and shared classloaders, they don't actually create them. - Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:05 PM > To: tomcat > Subject: Removing files from /lib > > > I must not be understanding completely the way the > classloaders work under Tomcat. I thought that if I stop a > webapp through the manager application that should unload its > jar files. However, even after it's stopped, I find that > log4j jar file is locked so I can't remove it. > > Why would that one file be locked but the others not? > > -shawn > > ==================================== > Shawn Wilson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Software Developer, ATMReports.com > PH: 877-327-0873, FAX: 406-294-5806 > ==================================== > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:tomcat-user-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For > additional commands, > e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>