Cleanwork alllogs job reporting removed file when it has not removed it

[carmencody]

I'm running a batch file with the following command to clean up logs and log the information to a text document on user workstations. Workstations are Windows 10, and we are running SAS Foundation 9.4m5.

"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\cleanwork.exe" /alllogs /verbose >>%logfile%

In my log I'm finding most of the entries say the process is not active and the file is removed, but sometimes it shows the following:

ERROR: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\SAS\LOGS\sasjava.3f74.46f5e1d2.log : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

REMOVED: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\SAS\LOGS\sasjava.3f74.46f5e1d2.log

I've checked and this file looks like it was not removed, is there a way I can make the process report correctly about removing or not removing a log file when it is in use? My other job for the temporary directories appears to be reporting correctly.

Thanks,

Carmen

[34reqrwe]

it sounds like you might be trying to write the results of cleanwork out to a log file, but that cleanwork is in fact trying to remove that same log file ? 

[carmencody]

Hi Thanks for the response @34reqrwe. My log file does not have 'java' in the name. My question is just about the fact that it reports a log file is in use, and then it reports that the log file has been removed.

I'd rather it not say that it is removed when it is not - it will cause confusion for my users. I spot checked a couple files and they were not removed as reported.

-Carmen 

[34reqrwe]

Have you checked when the file was created? . It is possible that the file is being removed , and then recreated with the same name.

[carmencody]

Yes, and I just double-checked another. File was last created 12/11/2018 12:56 PM, and the cleanwork job ran at 12/12/2018 6:00:01.62, when it says it removed the log. Other logs are getting removed, so it is working as designed. It is just reporting incorrectly.