Dealing with "file cannot be accessed.its already in use" error

Hi

I am working with log4net.Log files will be created each day and name of the file will be the current date.I want to display the contents of the file that i select in another page.

The problem is if i try to open a log of the present date error occurs.Message shown is that file cannot be accessed.Its used by another program.Plz help me to deal with this

Who created those files?

I think the file is locked by other program, there is no way you can access it.

U didnt get me.I am using log4net to create log files in my application.I can rename or delete the the log files which are not of present date.these log files r created based on date.when i access todays ie present date log file the error occurs

Okay, as you are saying your application uses "log4net" thing, right ? So your application must have locked the log file for today, try closing it and then you can access it.

What is log4net anyway?

Log4net is a dll file or a component used to create log files in a dot net applications.It can be downloaded.It came from log4j used in java.I think so

It must be documented somewhere that log files are locked while they are logs are being written.