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My apache won't start today because it can't access the wamp/logs/access.txt file.

[Fri Oct 26 07:23:31 2007] [error] (OS 32)The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. : could not open transfer log file C:/wamp/logs/access.log.
Unable to open logs

The file size is more than 90,000k. May I ask what this file is used for and can I delete or create a new one. On another server , also wamp, this file is 506,065k in size it's still working. Can I delete them? How do I get them working again?

Thanks,

Hi,

Usually one can just stop the Apache service from the icon in the system tray, rename the log file and restart Apache. Apache creates a new file when it starts.

You will need to identify the other process holding the log file open. A workaround is to configure a new, unique name for the log file in the httpd.conf file, or in the virtual hosts definitions in the folder c:\wamp\Apache2\conf\extras.

The access log contains a record of the http requests or hits your website gets, the status of each response or whether a page or a file was found or not and how long the response was. More information available from [httpd.apache.org]

Regards,



toivo
Sydney, Australia

apache puts all accesses to your webserver in the access log file, it puts all errors in the error file. apache needs these files to start since that is where all the logs go.



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Thanks everyone
I did just that and it worked.

Thanks