fp file locking behavior

[Bob Haussmann]

> | > 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.
> 
> But index.A was not modified.  I just sat at the "Enter Selection"
> prompt for a minute or so before X-ing out.  The time stamp on the
> index was the time I entered the file, and not when I exited it.
> 

Well said--it appears that the index is getting modified (or at least
opened for write access?) without even entering a record.  

Bob Haussmann