filePro Error

[John Esak]

No problem. Had you mentioned right away that it was a system you moved back
from 5.15 to 5.14 I would have told you to remove all the lockfiles
immediately.  That was why my first question asked if you had a system that
had filePro files which could be touched by both pre 5.6 and post 5.6
versions.  The lockfiles do not coexist easily.

Glad this helped.

John
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Widdows [mailto:lwiddows at bellsouth.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:41 AM
> To: john at valar.com
> Subject: Re: filePro Error
> 
> Thanks again for your help.
> 
> I appreciate it.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> John Esak wrote:
> > Greg,
> >
> > No, no need for a call... I simply mean that the word 
> Success tells me the
> > programmer (meaning the people who write filePro) had 
> something in the code
> > while they were writing it to help them determine if the 
> lockfile got
> > attended to in some desireable way.  Then, they just forgot 
> to remove this
> > "debugging" code. I could be entirely wrong, but I don't 
> see what else it
> > could be. You didn't answer the question about two different systems
> > touching these filePro databases. The older, pre 5.6 
> executables, used a 128
> > byte lockfile and the post 5.6 use a 512 byte file. So, I 
> was again guessing
> > that since I've never seen this error in all the time 
> filePro has been
> > alive... It might be new code that has to do with the new 
> lockfile vs old.
> > Again, just a guess.  I could not explain it any better 
> than that on the
> > phone.
> >
> > John
> >  
> >
> >   
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Greg Widdows [mailto:lwiddows at bellsouth.net] 
> >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:16 AM
> >> To: john at valar.com
> >> Subject: Re: filePro Error
> >>
> >> Hi John,
> >>
> >> I don't quite follow you on "debugging code that was left in the 
> >> distributed executable by accident" & " Are you working on 
> a system 
> >> which might allow access to the filePro files by both 5.6 and 
> >> a previous 
> >> version".
> >>
> >> Please explain in more detail or if you prefer I could call you.
> >>
> >> **NOTE** This menu option runs a series of programs, maybe 5 or 6 
> >> different reports. The error only occurs on 1 PC. In all 
> >> cases, FacetWin 
> >> is used to connect to the Linux server.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >>
> >> John Esak wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Greg,
> >>>
> >>> I can't say what this error refers to, but it sounds like 
> a piece of
> >>> debugging code that was left in the distributed executable by 
> >>> accident.  Since I've never seen it in decades of using 
> filePro, I'm
> >>> guessing it is something new in 5.6 that has something to 
> >>>       
> >> do with the
> >>     
> >>> difference between the old 64 byte lockfile format and the 
> >>>       
> >> new 512 byte
> >>     
> >>> format. Are you working on a system which might allow 
> >>>       
> >> access to the filePro
> >>     
> >>> files by both 5.6 and a previous version?  
> >>>
> >>> But, why would you list this error though, without giving 
> >>>       
> >> some idea of what
> >>     
> >>> brings it to the screen?  Wouldn't that help us figure it 
> >>>       
> >> out?  Or are you
> >>     
> >>> asking filePro support directly to look in the source code? 
> >>>       
> >>  You know they
> >>     
> >>> really have no obligation to read or respond to this forum. 
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com 
> >>>> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.co
> >>>> m] On Behalf Of Greg Widdows
> >>>> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:09 PM
> >>>> To: Filepro_List
> >>>> Subject: filePro Error
> >>>>
> >>>> Using Linux, filePro version 5.0.14.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can someone help me out with what the following error might 
> >>>> pertain to.
> >>>>
> >>>> *** A System Error Has Occurred ***
> >>>>
> >>>> /u/appl/filepro/invoice/lockfile: Success
> >>>>
> >>>>                         OR
> >>>>
> >>>> *** A System Error Has Occurred ***
> >>>>
> >>>> : Success
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks in advance.
> >>>>
> >>>> Greg
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