RE: time based file roller anomoly

2016-05-10 Thread Van Jaarsveldt, Charl
gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:37 AM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: time based file roller anomoly On 10 May 2016 at 14:30, Van Jaarsveldt, Charl wrote: > I then tried to shut down the service and rename the file. It gave an error > and told me the file was open by the system. I

Re: time based file roller anomoly

2016-05-10 Thread Ralph Goers
That feature would only be for windows. Unix systems don’t behave that way. I’m not sure about other environments like OS/400 and z/OS as I haven’t worked on them in 20 years. Ralph > On May 10, 2016, at 7:36 AM, Greg Thomas wrote: > > On 10 May 2016 at 14:30, Van Jaarsveldt, Charl > wrote:

Re: time based file roller anomoly

2016-05-10 Thread Greg Thomas
On 10 May 2016 at 14:30, Van Jaarsveldt, Charl wrote: > I then tried to shut down the service and rename the file. It gave an error > and told me the file was open by the system. I clicked retry, and it worked > fine. Very strange. Do you have some sort of anti-virus running on the machine in q

RE: time based file roller anomoly

2016-05-10 Thread Van Jaarsveldt, Charl
sure what would happen once it reached the max log file size... Charl -Original Message- From: Ralph Goers [mailto:ralph.go...@dslextreme.com] Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 11:22 AM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: time based file roller anomoly Are you running on Windows? We have had

Re: time based file roller anomoly

2016-05-09 Thread Ralph Goers
Are you running on Windows? We have had reports of similar behavior recently. I would check to see if something else is holding a lock on the file. I believe the problem happens when the rollover tries to rename the file. If it is locked the rename will fail. It will then copy the file and th