rreport gagging on lockfile

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at gmail.com
Wed Feb 3 16:26:17 PST 2010


On 2/3/2010 6:27 PM, Tyler wrote:
> Well, spoke too soon.  The problem recurred just now.  Here is the error
> message:
>
> *** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***
>
> On File: /hd1/hd1/appl/filepro/log_operations/lockfile
>
> Request Output with Processing Function Running On This File
>
> File not available.
> Somebody else is modifying the file;  try again later.
>
>
>
> Deleting the lockfile allowed things to go forward smoothly.  Does this
> provide anyone with any fresh insights?

Yes.  It means either (1) a *report is currently running on that file, as 
the message says, or (2) a recent *report session crashed.

Did *report crash since the last time it ran?  (Or, more likely, did the 
last *report crash?)

-- 
Kenneth Brody


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