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From: bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] Need help with uucp configuration (lock probs)
Organization: Guru Systems/Funware Department
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 19:10:23 GMT
Message-ID: <BywL9B.M9z@flatlin.ka.sub.org>
References: <AGQta7hGh2@astral.msk.su> <BypEoo.Jyo@ibmpcug.co.uk>
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In <BypEoo.Jyo@ibmpcug.co.uk> gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:

>lock file then fails.  I've explicitly cleared out the dead locks
>from /var/lock/TMP* but it doesn't help.

But did you clear the LCK..<system> lock file?

>I presume (though I don't know the protocol) that RLCK is an error
>meaning it couldn't create a lock file.

No. It means the other machine has a lock file for your system.
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				Christoph Badura  ---  bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org

AIX is a better... is a better...  is a better... OpenSystem.
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