Locked record

[Bruce Easton]

On 5/27/10 12:47 PM, Fairlight wrote:
> Four score and seven years--eh, screw that!
> At about Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:21:29PM -0400,
> Kenneth Brody blabbed on about:
>    
>> Okay everyone, repeat after me:
>>
>>       The lockfile has nothing to do with record locking.  Nothing.  Nada.
>>       Zip.  Zilch.  Zero.
>>      
> Ken?  Does the lockfile have anything to do with record locking?  I keep
> hearing, "Yes," and I'm still confused after all these years.
>
> mark->
>    
I don't believe Ken has ever said anything that would contradict what 
you quoted him as saying above.  As for anyone else, to me a 'yes' 
answer is wrong.

My understanding has always been that the lockfile's purpose pertains 
only to simultaneous access to the entire file between the various 
executables - primarily ddefine vs. clerk/report or dxmaint vs 
clerk/report  or dxmaint vs. ddefine, etc.

But what might be a more useful question is:  is there any way that a 
locked record can prevent filepro from performing its normal maintenance 
of a lockfile, and if so, does that differ on Windows vs. *nix?

Bruce

Bruce Easton
STN, Inc.