Try catching the deploy in the destroy of the servlet and do the log4j.shutdown. This would release the resource held by this jar file and you would be able to perform your operation.
Swami > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob Kjome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: June 25, 2002 2:47 PM > To: Log4J Users List > Subject: stopping logging after removing context in Tomcat problem... > > > Hi, > > I'm not sure if this is an issue I should be bringing up here or on > the Tomcat-user list, but here goes... > > I am using Tomcat-4.1.3 and taking advantage of the new Ant tasks > which hook up to Tomcat's manager app to dynamically install and > remove applications. This works great and log4j initializes just > fine. I am using the FileAppender with configureAndWatch(). Logging > works just fine. > > However, when I remove the app, Tomcat seems to unload all resources > except for log4j-1.2.4.jar because when I attempt an "ant clean", > which deletes my "build" directory, it fails saying that the resource > log4j-1.2.4.jar is still in use. > > So, is this an issue that someone here can explain or should I take > this up with the Tomcat-user list? > > Thanks, > > Jake > > > > -- > Best regards, > Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[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]>
