IFileReader reader = SequenceFile.reader(file.getAbsolutePath());
try
{
reader.readDirect(header);
/* deserialize the commit log header */
bufIn.reset(header, 0, header.length);
CommitLogHeader clHeader = CommitLogHeader.serializer().deserialize(bufIn);
/* seek to the lowest position */
int lowPos = CommitLogHeader.getLowestPosition(clHeader);
/*
* If lowPos == 0 then we need to skip the processing of this