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

[life0riley]

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