Reading a XML document embeeded in a logfile

[Henry S. Thompson]

James Grimm <james_grimm at credence.com> writes:

> there is still the little problem of locking the "logentries" file.  The
> logentries file won't be well-formed, even with this wrapper, if the
> parser reads the logfile while another thread/program is adding a new
> log_entry.

Standard solution at this level is to copy the "logentries" file, add
your entry, then move it back.  Reduces the chances of collision, and
also some operating systems (e.g. UNIX) will do their best to let any
reading underway at the time of move back complete with the old
version.

ht
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