fp file locking behavior

[Bob Stockler]

Ken Brody wrote (on Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:26:48PM -0400):

| Quoting Bob Haussmann (Mon, 21 May 2007 22:34:37 -0400):
| [...]
| > The only clue we have at this point is that *clerk appears to open
| > the key and active index file for writing, even when simply browsing.
| > I would appreciate it if anyone else can confirm this behavior so
| > we can be sure it isn't specific to our setup (XP clients w/ Novell
| > client32 4.9* and Netware 6.5 server):
| [...]
| 
| Unless you are in read-only mode, filePro opens the key/data/index
| files for read/write mode.  (All automatic indexes are opened, not
| just the "active" one.)

That's the way (opened -all- automatic indexes) I -thought- I had
remembered it, but not so on filePro 5.6.06 on SCO OSR6.

I entered the filePro file "fpcust" via "index.A" using dclerk and
sat at the first record found when I pressed [Enter] at the prompt
to enter a value to be searched for.  On exiting, a listing of the
pertinent files showed:

  -rw-------    1 filepro  group        0 Dec  7  1992 data
  -rw-------    1 filepro  group     2048 May 22 11:18 index.B
  -rw-------    1 filepro  group     2048 May 23 12:28 index.A
  -rw-------    1 filepro  group     1785 Feb 12 12:47 key

Bob

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