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Re: [0T] need a url that crashes netscape



but if you kill the netscape process, then it
isn't still running somewhere on your machine and
deleting the lock file is perfectly valid.
isn't it?
comments anyone?

xucaen

--- Jens Gecius <jens@gecius.de> wrote:
> Andre Berger <uzscd5@uni-bonn.de> writes:
> 
> > ktb <x.y.f@home.com> writes:
> > 
> > > 	This may be a strange request but I'm
> trying to write a little
> > > 	wrapper of sorts for Netscape that removes
> the lock file
> > > 	automatically after killing the browser
> when it hangs.  The
> > > 	problem I'm having is finding a site that
> hangs Netscape.  I
> > > 	usually have no trouble when I'm not
> looking:)
> > > 	thanks,
> > > 	kent
> > 
> > You can do it the other way round: remove the
> file before starting
> > it, like
> > 
> > rm  ~/.netscape/lock 2> /dev/null
> > netscape
>  
> I would consider that a bad idea because it
> would really make the
> lockfile totally obsolete. And doesn't stop you
> starting netscape if
> another one is still running (more or less)
> somewhere on your
> machine.
> 
> I think the other way, cleaning up after
> netscape got killed (even
> externally) would be the better way.
> 
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