define screens locked up - can't edit screen 5

[daN baueR]

Top post - Issue resolved with an end run.

I deleted the screen and restored a copy.  Still curious what the
problem was but it's not a pressing issue now.

Dan Bauer

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:27 PM, daN baueR <dan at onlinemgt.com> wrote:
> *** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***
> Admin Asst│                  filePro Plus Main Menu                  │
> Cannot lock file─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
> On File: /filepro/appl/filepro/jlBldg/screen.5this menuograms        │
> Not available.
> Somebody else is using it;  try again later.
>
> Here's what the permissions look like:
>
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3284 Dec 12 17:54 screen.0
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3366 Nov 10 2010  screen.1
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3380 Nov 10 2010  screen.2
> -rw-------    1 filepro  staff          3380 Nov 10 2010  screen.2orig
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3378 Nov 10 2010  screen.3
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3378 Nov 10 2010  screen.4
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3306 Mar 19 2003  screen.5
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3368 Mar 19 2003  screen.6
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3340 Nov 10 2010  screen.7
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 filepro  staff          3372 Dec 12 18:03 screen.8
>
>
> System IBM AIX filepro version 4.6 - Remote access via AnzioLite 16.2p
>
> I was attempting to edit screen 5 but my terminal session crashed. I
> logged in again and and went into the filePro Directory command option
> to delete lockfile.  I can edit all other screens in this file but if
> I attempt to edit screen 5 I get this error. I've done a ps -ef |
> ddefine to make sure no one else is running define screens.  Then I
> tried manually deleting the lockfile for jlBldg.  I have not tried a
> reboot. Just tried checking ownership and permissions in this
> directory and I got what looked like standard settings for the first
> couple of files and my terminal appears to have locked up again. I
> also changed lockfile to 777 perms. Thanks in advance for your
> assistance.
>
>
>
> Dan Bauer
> dan at onlinemgt.com
>