[LOGCXX-306] FileAppender --- very aggressive default file locking on Windows since moving to APR

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: Appender
• Environment: Windows XP SP2 on Intel Xeon
• Assignee: Curt Arnold
• Reporter: Allan Erskine
• Created: 31/Jul/08 15:54
• Updated: 10/Feb/14 15:47
• Resolved: 10/Feb/14 15:47

Description

Since moving to APR, the file locking (or sharing attributes perhaps?) of FileAppender have become very aggressive.

The end result is that when my application is logging intensively, I am unable to tail, copy, or grep the log file (it generates a permissions error!).

In production environments, this can be a clear no-no — perhaps this could be made configurable (eg if there were performance reasons behind the current way of doing things)