Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 00:05:46 -0600 (CST) From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@cocoa.ops.neosoft.com> To: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> Cc: Binh Do <binhdo@cs.ubc.ca>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Netscape's lock Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960210000444.6976A-100000@cocoa.ops.neosoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960210164015.23543A-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>
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On Sat, 10 Feb 1996, Carey Nairn wrote: > On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Binh Do wrote: > > > >From time to time, when I start Netscape 2.0, I got a message saying that lock file > > is being used by someone else and I can continue but cannot use tha cache. Why is > > that as I am the only user on my machine. Usually I have to delete the "lock" file > > in .netscape. Anyone experiences the same thing? > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > -- > > > > Binh Do > > Department Of Computer Science > > University Of BC, Canada > > > I have experienced this but only as a result of rebooting/exiting X > wthout closing the application cleanly. If I always quit the Netscape > properly this message never appears. Yah, netscape write a .lock file and deletes it upon close. If you're not running netscape, and just didn't shut it cleanly, you can just do a rm ~/.netscape/.lock or ~/.netscape/lock whichever it is, i don't remember.. Daniel > > ========================================================================= > Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au > Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 > Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 > University of Tasmania. ! > ========================================================================= > > > > -- Daniel Baker - Daniel@Cuckoo.COM "Huhuhu, thank you, drive through please"
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