Log4J properties file locked by tomcat

[namrata014]

Hi all,

I am running log4j in a webapplication. But when I try to undeploy the app, the application does not get undeployed completely and cleanly. The log4j.properties file stays on the server, all other files are deleted from the webapp's folder.
How do I ensure that this file is released when the webapp is undeployed. LogManager.shutdown() in the method contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent sce) does not seem to stop the logging.
Regards,
N

[Bill_A]

What versions of Tomcat, log4j.jar, JAVA are you using?
What is the location of the log4j.properties files?
Can u post the contents of the log4j.properties file?

[namrata014]

Hi,

The versions are as follows:
Tomcat/5.5.20
log4j 1.2.14
Jdk 1.5
Location of Log4j file in the war file:
<<ApplicationNameFolder>>/build/classes

My application has a thread running that continuously logs into a log file. How do i stop this logging.
The log4j.properties file does not get locked onto Tomcat version 6.0.16. (But the currently running version cannot be replaced with this version)

Regards,
N