Re: Java Log File Locking on System i

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Without going to a different editor, you are probably stuck.

One other work around if you use an Office package:  You can open it 
with Microsoft Word (or Open Office Writer if you are a "progressive" 
technologist).  Word will prompt you to open it in read only mode but 
the formatting is a little bit better than notepad.  OO Writer just 
opens it.  You could create a shortcut in the "Send To" folder of the 
folks who need to open the log files to simplify the process so they 
just right click the file and "send to" Writer for example.

Pete


Paul Holm wrote:
> 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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