Yuriy, Supporting different file locking and sharing modes is something that we are planning to add to log4net.
Thanks, Nicko > -----Original Message----- > From: Yuriy Baltovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 October 2004 07:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: FileAppender share reading > > Hi. > I am using log4net 1.2.0-beta8. > I use FileAppender to log into file. The problem arrives when > I try to read log file in order to show log entries. > As I discovered from source, log4net uses > > new StreamWriter(string fileName, bool append, encoding) call > to open the file. > > Is it possible to use > > new StreamWriter(new FileStream(fileName, append ? FileMode.Append : > FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.Read), > m_encoding) call instead. > > This will allow reading from the log file. Or introduce a > parameter into FileAppender to allow share reading? > Is there some reason not to allow share reading from log > file? If yes, how one can resolve this problem? > > Sincerely, > Yuriy Baltovsky > >
