I think this is a Windows issue. I doubt that Tomcat actually locks the log files.
The reason I think that this is a Windows issue is that I run into the same thing with other programs. I don't run Tomcat on Windows, so I can't check Tomcat log files specifically. I think that this behavior depends on the type of filesystem used. In my case it seems that if a file is on a FAT filesystem I have this problem, but if it is on a NTFS filesystem I don't. I have not been able to prove this though. -----Original Message----- From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:34 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Log files always locked Just something that bugs me..... On windows if you try open a tomcat log file... which are typically associated with something like notepad, you get "In Use By Another Program". Why does Tomcat lock the file handle indefinitely? It maybe good programming practice but windows utilities generally dont give one the option of "will open as read only"... its always a mission just to read a log file. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
