Check out TextPad.  I believe it opens for read-only and you can tell it to
wrap lines if you want for easier reading.  I have been using it for about
seven years I think.  Like Notepad on steroids :-)
HTH,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Paul Holm
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 5:24 PM
To: java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Java Log File Locking on System i
Pete,
Yes, I am mapping a drive.  I can open the file with NotePad but lines of
log data wrap and it becomes nearly unreadable.  When opening the log with
wordPad I get the locked file exception.  I can copy the locked 
file and open the copy with WORDPAD but that is not convenient.   It 
seems that the iSeries JDK file.io/IFS code behaves differently in terms of
locking than the Windows/sun JDK equivalent.  It simply makes it a pain to
view log files.  Perhaps there is a viewer that can both format nicely and
not lock.  However, this makes it a pain for end user/customers to get some
special viewer.
As Walden indicated, notePad must open readOnly while WordPad opens for
write.
Thanks,  Paul
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