Re: Java Log File Locking on System i

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <thunderaxiom@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Holm skrev  den 23-06-2007 00:24:
> 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 
>   

I use the EDTF ('/tmp/whatever.log') command on the AS/400 to view  IFS 
files.  This works reasonably well.

In your scenario I would suggest using "vim" on the windows client, 
which provides a right-click menu entry on the files for editing.  It 
handles most scenarios gracefully and knows about Unix line endings.

An alternative approach is using log4j with a wrapping-and-indenting 
adapter which helps a lot when looking at spool files.  I wrote one, it 
is rather simple to adapt ConsoleAdapter for this purpose.