[wplug] Mysterious locking

[Bill Moran]

In response to "Scott F. Kiesling" <kiesling+ at pitt.edu>:

> Thanks. Funny, I did a slocate for a *.lock file and previously
> couldn't find it, but then when I just did ls in the dir it
> was easy to spot. Still no idea of why it got locked in the
> first place.

slocate uses a database to search the filesystem quickly.  It doesn't
actually search the filesystem.  Depending on various settings, your
slocate database is only updated so often.  The .lock file might not
have been in the database yet when you looked.

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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.