fp file locking behavior

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bob Stockler (Wed, 23 May 2007 13:29:53 -0400):

> Ken Brody wrote (on Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:26:48PM -0400):
[...]
> | 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.

Yes, all automatic indexes are opened.  Try the following:

    xx = listbox(@allfiles)

> 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:
[...]

That just means that only index.A was modified.  The rest of the
indexes were opened.

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