GnuCash could not obtain the lock for file....

[life0riley]

On 04/10/2015 08:09 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Apr 10, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Allan <allanhasmail at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Where is the lock file I need to delete to fix this?
> In the same directory as your data file, with the same name as your data file + .LC, e.g. myfile.gnucash.LCK.
>
> But you don't need to delete it, just click "open anyway" in that dialog box after making sure that there isn't another instance of GnuCash running with the file open.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>

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.

Thanks,
life0riley