Re: Slrnpull error
* David J Kanter <djkanter@nwu.edu> writes:
> For some reason, when I try to run slrn --spool, I get this error message:
> slrn fatal error:
> slrn: pid 1549 is locking the newsrc file.
> For this reason, I guess, nothing shows up in the spooled slrn window. What
> can I do to fix this?
What process is this? Type
ps j1549
If that process isn´t running anymore, it died without having time to
remove that lock, and you can remove the lock file by hand (somewhere
in /var/lock/, usually a file with this process ID in it).
If the process is running, it´s maybe a daemon. Tell us.
HTH,
Colin
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