GnuCash could not obtain the lock for file....
life0riley
life0s_50 at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 10 23:05:17 EDT 2015
On 04/10/2015 07:26 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Apr 10, 2015, at 6:47 PM, life0riley <life0s_50 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is clicking "open anyway" the preferred method?
>>
>> GnuCash terminated abnormally once on me after I left it open for some time. I confirmed there were no other instances running and simply went to the directory where the GnuCash data file is stored and deleted the lock file. I was able to open GnuCash after that without issue. At that time I was using GnuCash 2.6.1 in Xubuntu 14.04.
> Yes, that's the reason for the dialog box.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
I mistakenly assumed that clicking "open anyway" would open the data
file as read only.
I reviewed the GnuCash Tutorial and Concepts Guide, section 2.6.3. Lock
files (.LNK and .LCK), which states the following:
"If *|GnuCash|* crashes while you have a data file open, the |.LCK| and
|.LNK| files are not deleted. The next time you try to open *|GnuCash|*,
you will get a warning message that the file is locked. The warning
message appears because the |.LNK| and |.LCK| files are still in your
directory. It is safe to choose Yes to open the file, but you should
delete the |.LNK| and |.LCK| files (using a terminal window or your file
manager). Once those files are deleted, you will not get the warning
message again unless *|GnuCash|* crashes."
Is it still necessary to delete the .LNK and .LCK files or will they be
automatically deleted?
Thanks,
life0riley
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