This is not an answer, but I open log files with notepad++ all the time and I don't have the MinimalLock flag set. There must be a way...
On Feb 18, 2008 4:45 AM, Beyers Cronje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Quick question. I am using a RollingLogFileAppender on a webservice. > Logging works 100%, but whenever I try to open the log file for reading in > another process I get a sharing violation on the log file. I open the file > with: > > FileStream file = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, > FileShare.Read); > > Would I have to enable MinimalLock, or is there a way to use ExclusiveLock > and have another process read from the log file ? > > Kind regards > > Beyers Cronje >
