unfortunately Java holds on to the library and I don't think that tomcat can control it. I've always had to restart.
Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:47 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: Removing files from /lib > > > It is in WEB-INF/lib, which is why I thought it would be > unlocked when I > stop that webapp. > > -shawn > > ==================================== > Shawn Wilson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Software Developer, ATMReports.com > PH: 877-327-0873, FAX: 406-294-5806 > ==================================== > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:44 AM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: Removing files from /lib > > > > > > Where are you keeping log4j? Is it in common/lib or some > place such as > > that or is it stored in you WEB-INF/lib folder? > > > > >From my understanding if it's in common or shared, then > unloading the > > webapp won't release the files, since webapps inherit > common and shared > > classloaders, they don't actually create them. > > > > - Andrew > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shawn Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:05 PM > > > To: tomcat > > > Subject: Removing files from /lib > > > > > > > > > I must not be understanding completely the way the > > > classloaders work under Tomcat. I thought that if I stop a > > > webapp through the manager application that should unload its > > > jar files. However, even after it's stopped, I find that > > > log4j jar file is locked so I can't remove it. > > > > > > Why would that one file be locked but the others not? > > > > > > -shawn > > > > > > ==================================== > > > Shawn Wilson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Software Developer, ATMReports.com > > > PH: 877-327-0873, FAX: 406-294-5806 > > > ==================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:tomcat-user-> [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]> > > > > -- > 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]>
