Odd Global .lockfile problem (multiple replies)
Bob Stockler
bob at trebor.iglou.com
Wed Jun 15 11:32:04 PDT 2005
Silas Martinez wrote (on Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 09:26:03AM -0700):
| Laura Brody wrote:
| ...
| >
| > What is an empty lockfile? Please describe.
| >
| > What is the exact error message when the problem
| >occurs?
| Empty lockfile -
|
| shell$ cat lockfile
| shell$
A lockfile is a binary file, so 'cat' tells you nothing
of its contents . . . use 'hd' or 'od'. It will hold
all NULs if it's empty.
Bob
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