Starting with version 1.2.9, you can define the locking model for a FileAppender. The default value is an ExclusiveLock which means the FileAppender has a lock on the file for the duration of the application. The MinimalLock opens and closes the file on each write. Here an example showing how to set the lockingModel property:
http://tinyurl.com/7sqon http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/config-examples.html#fileappender --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does the RollingFileAppender (or the FileAppender) have the ability > to have several processes all log to the same log file? This would > really be helpful, so if we have some bug that involves more than one > process. I guess it would have to open the file and prevent others > from opening it in read/write mode in order for that to work, and it > would probably also need to have retries built into it, so that if > one of the other processes is currently writing to it, it keeps on > trying. > > BTW, I'm using log4net 1.1.1. Not sure if that makes a difference. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dan >
