define screens locked up - can't edit screen 5

[Kenneth Brody]

On 5/30/2011 11:27 PM, daN baueR 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.
[...]
> 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.

Okay, repeat after me, once again...

Lockfiles have nothing to do with record and/or file locking.  Nothing. 
Nada.  Zip.  Zilch.  Zero.  Gornischt.

>  I can edit all other screens in this file but if
> I attempt to edit screen 5 I get this error.

The screen is still locked from the dscreen you were running.

> I've done a ps -ef |
> ddefine to make sure no one else is running define screens.

Perhaps you should try "dscreen" rather than "ddefine".

> Then I
> tried manually deleting the lockfile for jlBldg.

See above.

> 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.

This has nothing to do with the lockfile or permissions, either.  The error 
tells you exactly what's going on -- you're still updating the screen in 
dscreen.  Don't believe me?  Get a copy of showlock and run it against 
"/filepro/appl/filepro/jlBldg/screen.5".

-- 
Kenneth Brody