Susan, Tomcat does not lock the file, since it is write only, clearing it has no impact on the service. I recall having a catalina.out that reached 4GB withon the hour due to a read only filesystem. Clearing it while it is running had no impact.
Googling also tends to be helpful... HTH Regards, Serge Fonville On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Susan Richards <richa...@matc.edu> wrote: > No, but I will do it with a test server first since no one knows the > answer. > > >>> Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> 8/14/2009 9:47 AM > >>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Susan, > > On 8/14/2009 10:19 AM, Susan Richards wrote: > > What about stopping the web server? Required? Thanks for the answers. > > This seems like an easy thing to just try. Have you? > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkqFeO0ACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDC/QCfUB467qz5nrD6MIVzJhdhE/A6 > kLAAoKV1CdlJOseqGJmgi1yjp0r97KCp > =oIX8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >