Undeploying problem with Tomcat 5.5 and Log4J

["Gilbert, Antoine" <AG...@korem.com>]

Hi list

 

I deploy an application WAR on a Tomcat 5.5 instance. This application
use Log4j (via commons-logging) and create some logs in a file within
the related Web app directory (/webapps/myWebApp). The file is defined
by a file appender tag in my log4j.xml file.

 

The problem is when I undeploy this Web app, my Web app directory can't
be deleted because of the log file; it seems to be locked by Tomcat.

 

Any idea?

Re: Undeploying problem with Tomcat 5.5 and Log4J

[Mikolaj Rydzewski <mi...@ceti.pl>]

Gilbert, Antoine wrote:
> I deploy an application WAR on a Tomcat 5.5 instance. This application
> use Log4j (via commons-logging) and create some logs in a file within
> the related Web app directory (/webapps/myWebApp). The file is defined
> by a file appender tag in my log4j.xml file.
>   
It's a good practice to avoid writing files inside application's 
directory. It's also a good practice to have separate directory for 
logfiles, i.e. ${CATALINA_HOME}/logs.
> The problem is when I undeploy this Web app, my Web app directory can't
> be deleted because of the log file; it seems to be locked by Tomcat.
>   
Try to call shutdown() 
http://logging.apache.org/log4j/docs/api/org/apache/log4j/LogManager.html#shutdown() 
in contextDestroyed event in servlet context listener.


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Mikolaj Rydzewski <mi...@ceti.pl>