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Conference smurf::buildhelp

Title:USG buildhelp questions/answers
Moderator:SMURF::FILTER
Created:Mon Apr 26 1993
Last Modified:Mon Jan 20 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2763
Total number of notes:5802

2519.0. "Problem with waiting for lock" by AOSG::FILTER (Automatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puck) Thu Aug 29 1996 13:25

Date Of Receipt: 	29-AUG-1996 11:46:02.17
From: 	KAMLIA::dcj "David Jedlinsky USG"
To: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.kamlia
CC: 	
Subj: 	Problem with waiting for lock

Hi.

I have a user who is getting the "Waiting for sandbox lock" message
when she tries to bco a file.  She has no other processes running on
the system, and is not in this sandbox on any other machine.

Any idea how we can clear this condition?

Thanks.

-Dave Jedlinsky
MLS+ Release Engineering
[email protected]
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2519.1Re: Problem with waiting for lockAOSG::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckThu Aug 29 1996 18:3122
Date Of Receipt: 	29-AUG-1996 16:30:07.96
From: 	FLUME::mkm "Michael Martin USG"
To: 	[email protected]
CC: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.flume
Subj: 	Re: Problem with waiting for lock

Dave,
  There is a file called .BCSlock in the source directory of your 
sandbox.  If you are sure that no other processes are running,
that may be using this file you can remove this file and then 
continue with your bco.  

Every ODE process will (lock and unlock) the .BCSlock file.
The message that you are getting ".......Waiting for sandbox lock"
could have been caused if some ODE process (that had a lock) was killed
and left the file in a indeterminate state.  

A new .BCSlock file will get created once the old one is removed.

regards,
Mike Martin
2519.2Re: Problem with waiting for lockAOSG::FILTERAutomatic Posting Software - mail to flume::puckThu Aug 29 1996 18:3315
Date Of Receipt: 	29-AUG-1996 16:54:14.00
From: 	KAMLIA::dcj "David Jedlinsky USG"
To: 	mkm@DEC:.zko.kamlia
CC: 	odehelp@DEC:.zko.kamlia
Subj: 	Re: Problem with waiting for lock

That did it.  We were attempting to remove the file with 'bcs
-unlock', which, of course, waits for the lock - Catch-22.

'rm' worked, however.

Thanks.

-Dave Jedlinsky