FileAppender LockingModelBase AcquireLock Method | Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation

Acquire the lock on the file

Namespace: log4net.Appender
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 2.0.8.0-.NET 4.0
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    public abstract Stream AcquireLock()

    Public MustOverride Function AcquireLock As Stream

    public:
    virtual Stream^ AcquireLock() abstract

    abstract AcquireLock : unit -> Stream

#### Return Value

Type: Stream
A stream that is ready to be written to.
Remarks

Acquire the lock on the file in preparation for writing to it. Return a stream pointing to the file. ReleaseLock
must be called to release the lock on the output file.

See Also

#### Reference

FileAppender
LockingModelBase Class
log4net.Appender Namespace