Event Viewer Locked Files

[Brian01]

I have Tomcat connected to IIS on Win2K and the
iis_redirect.log has grown to 700MB in a little over a
month. I can not delete or purge the log since it is
locked, even with Tomcat stopped and the the Website
stopped in IIS. I just read that the log is displayed
through the Event viewer.

How can I unlock the file? Does Win2K server have a safe
mode that may allow me to delete the log from the command
line?

 

[Greg Stigers]

This is really a Tomcat question, on which I am no expert. But I am used to
Apache et al providing some way to switch or rotate log files.

As for manipulating the file, I believe that mv /d, which "specifies to
delay the rename until the next reboot", might get you there. This assumes
you have a scheduled reboot on this system, and have the Resource Kit.

And you might want to turn down your debug level to get a smaller file.

Greg Stigers, MCSA
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[Brian01]

With Tomcat disabled, it seems that IIS - Windows is
keeping the lock on the file. I'll try your suggestion.
Thanks.