[GNC] Locked out of gnucash

[David Carlson]

I like Derek 's suggestion  but I would see that and call with this
suggestion:

There is a lock on the selected data file.   Most likely this means that
the data file was not cleanly closed (due to a crash) after it was last
opened.
If you are sure that it is not currently in use by you or another user, click
"Open Anyway".  Otherwise, click "Open Read-Only" or one of the other
options.

And my note to dev's would include the caveat that PID is useless when
remote users have access.

David Carlson


On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 8:30 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think I have a suggestion for some better wording.  See below.
>
> David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I think a better and more accurate wording would be "The data file has
> not
> > been cleanly closed since it was last opened.  If you are sure that it
> was
> > not opened by another user, click 'Open Anyway'.  Otherwise click one of
> > the other options."
>
> How about:
>
> The data file is currently in use.  Most likely this means that the data
> file was not cleanly closed (due to a crash) after it was last opened.
> If you are sure that it is not currently in use by you or another user,
> click "Open Anyway".  Otherwise, click one of the other options.
>
> Note to devs: does it make sense to put the gnucash PID into the lock
> file and then check to see if that PID is currently running?  That could
> help detect whether there is a current process or a crash/unclean
> shutdown?
>
> > To me the important part is that the data file has not been cleanly
> closed,
> > which is the real reason that the lock file exists.  There may be better
> > words to use as long as this idea is incorporated.
>
> I suppose that is one way to interpret it, as "currently in use".
>
> > David Carlson
>
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> -derek
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