FileAppender LockingModelBase AcquireLock Method Apache log4net™ SDK Documentation
Acquire the lock on the file

Namespace: log4net.Appender
Assembly: log4net (in log4net.dll) Version: 1.2.15.0 (1.2.15.0)
Syntax

public abstract Stream AcquireLock()

Return Value

Type: OnlineStream
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.

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