Re: locked log files on a cygwin install

Troy Wical wrote:
>
> Look’s like I am unable to cat, less, more, etc the log files while
> IRSSI is running in my cygwin environment. Has anybody else
> experienced this or found work arounds? I very much would like to
> continue using IRSSI but in my work environment, searching through
> logs is a must. Disconnecting, searching the logs, and reconnecting is
> not a viable solution in this case.
>
try rotating your logs hourly? unfortunately from what I am told,
Windows requires exclusive locks on such files, and thus it cannot be
avoided.
also consider /lastlog
not as flexible as a proper grep, but a solution nonetheless
>
> Thanks in advance…
>
> Troy Wical
>
> [email protected]
>

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