RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Propes, Barry L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Log files always locked > > oh yeah, I use Textpad a great deal, I just usually don't > open the logs in it -- I just double click and open them in > their "native app" (notepad.). That's

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Propes, Barry L
; To: "Tomcat Users List" Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:13 PM Subject: RE: Log files always locked I've not tried to attempt to open it in Textpad with a current date log. If I'm trying to troubleshoot some problems, I just drag it from my shared dir's subdirectory to e

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Johnny Kewl
; Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 11:13 PM Subject: RE: Log files always locked I've not tried to attempt to open it in Textpad with a current date log. If I'm trying to troubleshoot some problems, I just drag it from my shared dir's subdirectory to either my desktop (usually) or anot

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Propes, Barry L
at Users List" Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: RE: Log files always locked > From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Log files always locked > > but if you look at Propes, Barry L post... thats exactly wot > I had to do ie copy all the

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Propes, Barry L
gging mechanism like log4j, if that matters, which I doubt it does. -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 4:06 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Log files always locked > From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] &

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Log files always locked > > I think its just because a copy on a drag and drop is opening > the file as read only... > Thing is utilities like notepad and wordpad will try open rw. Makes sense. What about a real e

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Johnny Kewl
day, May 02, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: RE: Log files always locked From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Log files always locked but if you look at Propes, Barry L post... thats exactly wot I had to do ie copy all the files... and then open them... That doesn't reall

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Steven Rock
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:54 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Log files always locked 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

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Propes, Barry L
to save, reload or other. -Original Message- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:55 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Log files always locked > From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Log files always locked &g

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Log files always locked > > but if you look at Propes, Barry L post... thats exactly wot > I had to do ie copy all the files... and then open them... That doesn't really make sense: if they were hard locked,

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Johnny Kewl
Message - From: "Rashmi Rubdi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:07 PM Subject: Re: Log files always locked I'm able to open Tomcat log files with Notepad, while Tomcat is running. I guess the lock happens when Tomca

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Fargusson.Alan
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

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread David Kerber
g, but if there are only going to be occasional writes, then I close it every time. - Original Message - From: "Venkat Venkataramanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: RE: Log files always lo

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Rashmi Rubdi
> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: RE: Log files always locked > Johnny: > > I use Textpad to open the log file; if the log file is updated, it will > automatically update the screen. Try that. > > -Original Message

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Propes, Barry L
I always drag and drop them from their given directory (in my case it's a shared directory, then the logs are in a subdir) to my desktop and read them that way, as to not interfere with perpetual logging to the file. -Original Message- From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: We

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Johnny Kewl
Thanks... does the trick. But still wondering why the file handles are left open... I would think its not good practice. - Original Message - From: "Venkat Venkataramanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" Sent: Wednesday, May 02,

Re: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Brantley Hobbs
Ultraedit also works. If I could threadjack here, I'd like to point out my own gripe with windows tomcat logging. Can we please make it out of the box log all stdout stuff to a *single* catalina.out file that doesn't roll over? That's a pain. I like to set up an icon to my log file, but I ca

RE: Log files always locked

2007-05-02 Thread Venkat Venkataramanan
Johnny: I use Textpad to open the log file; if the log file is updated, it will automatically update the screen. Try that. -Original Message- From: Johnny Kewl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:34 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Log files always locked Just som