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ThatJoeGuy
ThatJoeGuy

Reputation: 45

Stop log4net logging process and remove log file lock

I am working on a windows service application that is supposed to run jobs scheduled at specific times. Each job execution cycle is logged using log4net and has its own file per execution(With 5 jobs running for 5 days once a day there will be 25 log files created).

The question is, how do I stop the log4net log file lock so that once the job has finished execution I can email the log file and delete it from the hard drive?

I need to do this programatically, so the config file setting would not work in this case.

I have tried this so far, but it doesn't work:

    logger.Logger.Repository.LevelMap.Clear();
    logger.Logger.Repository.LevelMap.Add(logger.Logger.Repository.LevelMap["OFF"]);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4050

Answers (1)

Tom Grochowicz
Tom Grochowicz

Reputation: 5505

If you're using a FileAppender, you can set the LockingModel to MinimalLock:

Dim fileAppenderTrace As New log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender
fileAppenderTrace.ImmediateFlush = True
fileAppenderTrace.LockingModel = New FileAppender.MinimalLock()
fileAppenderTrace.ActivateOptions()

It'll release the file after each log entry is written, not after the job is done, so I'm not sure if that's entirely what you're looking for.

Upvotes: 4

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