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Date:      Wed, 1 Apr 1998 22:38:16 +0800 (WST)
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        spork <spork@super-g.com>
Cc:        chas <panda@peace.com.my>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mailbox locked
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980401223739.24058A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980401092625.19285B-100000@super-g.inch.com>

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On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, spork wrote:

> I'm coming into this rather late, but have you looked for any possible
> permutation of locking in /var/mail/$USER?  Like a "." lock or "~" lock?
> 
> If you get really desperate you can use lsof to see if any programs are
> holding the file open.  Perhaps there's a zombie process grabbing it?

No need. It turned out to be a user exceeding his file quota...

Regards,

d.

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| Dean Hollister,           | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au |  
| Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au        |
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