<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr"><span>Thank you. This was helpful. I was using some of these settings already, but you have definitely given me some ideas to try a few more things</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1477938795510_75815"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Thanks again,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Bill Lucca</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, October 31, 2016 5:05 PM, John McNaughton via Filepro-list <filepro-list@lists.celestial.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">License maxing out<br>Check FP/GIserver/help/giservconf.html for more help<br><br>Here is some information on setting the timeout values needed in the<br>user.cfg files<br>You can also restart the giserver service. That will reset all the users<br>licenses without restarting filepro<br><br>Here is some information that may help you<br>checkInterval=60000 <br>Controls how frequently the server checks for hung clients. Enter the<br>frequency in milliseconds. This setting may be overridden to ensure that it<br>is never longer than the shorter of the timeout milliseconds (timeout and<br>timeoutSeconds expressed as milliseconds) or the recall milliseconds<br><br>Idleout=0<br>The Idleout property is used by GIserver to check for users that are<br>unresponsive, for example someone who went home while still logged in to the<br>server. If idleout is in effect for that user - when the idleout time has<br>been exceeded without any client activity the user will be logged out. By<br>default idleout is turned off. For it to be in effect for any user there<br>must be an idleout value set (in minutes) in the server properties. It is<br>specified by the server administrator using the GIserver GUI Administrative<br>Shell. Individual users can be excluded from this feature by setting a <br>doIdleOut=false property in their usename.cfg files .<br><br>recall=1<br>The amount of time in minutes that GIserver will wait for a response to an<br>ARE YOU AWAKE message to a fileProGI client before it considers that the<br>client has hung up or disconnected. This is a property that the server<br>administrator must specify by directly editing the giserver.cfg file.<br><br>timeout =3<br>The amount of time in minutes that GIserver will wait for no fileProGI<br>client activity until it sends an ARE YOU AWAKE message to it. This is a<br>property that the server administrator must specify by directly editing the<br>giserver.cfg file.<br><br>You did not say what version of giserver and fileprogi you were running<br>The older versions of giserver did not release the users very well.<br><br>The server is controlled by its configuration file giserver.cfg which it<br>looks for in the lib directory under the directory that GIserver is executed<br>from.<br>Edit and/or modify the default.cfg and username.cfg files. GIadmin comes<br>with its own set of help files to explain how to use GIadmin to configure<br>and monitor GIserver.<br><br>John McNaughton<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Filepro-list<br>[mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=<a ymailto="mailto:mcngroup.net@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:mcngroup.net@lists.celestial.com">mcngroup.net@lists.celestial.com</a>] On<br>Behalf Of <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com</a><br>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 4:14 PM<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>Subject: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 153, Issue 20<br><br>Send Filepro-list mailing list submissions to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list-request@lists.celestial.com</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list-owner@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list-owner@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list-owner@lists.celestial.com</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than<br>"Re: Contents of Filepro-list digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. User License issue (WILLIAM LUCCA)<br> 2. Avoiding lock files (Rami Mantoura)<br> 3. Re: Avoiding lock files (Jose Lerebours)<br> 4. Re: Avoiding lock files (Rami Mantoura)<br> 5. Re: Avoiding lock files (Bill Randall)<br> 6. Re: Avoiding lock files (Kenneth Brody)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:06:50 +0000 (UTC)<br>From: WILLIAM LUCCA <<a ymailto="mailto:wlucca@prodigy.net" href="mailto:wlucca@prodigy.net">wlucca@prodigy.net</a>><br>To: "<a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@celestial.com">filepro-list@celestial.com</a>" <<a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@celestial.com">filepro-list@celestial.com</a>><br>Subject: User License issue<br>Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:1072784530.1224390.1477922810241@mail.yahoo.com" href="mailto:1072784530.1224390.1477922810241@mail.yahoo.com">1072784530.1224390.1477922810241@mail.yahoo.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>I have a client who has a 15 user FileproGI license. ?Though they have had<br>the same version of Filepro for a couple of years now lately they are having<br>problems with the license number maxing out. ?I am still able to get in<br>under the non-GI version. ?I have taken precaustions, such as autologgin<br>them out of FileproGI after a coupl of hours of inactivity and when I look<br>at what processes are running, there only seems to be 1 or 2 users on<br>FileproGI, yet they are getting this message. ?Short of rebooting the<br>server, does anybody have any suggestions as to how to resolve this?<br>Bill Lucca<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br><<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/fc" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/fc</a><br>8e408c/attachment.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:29:21 -0400<br>From: Rami Mantoura <<a ymailto="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com" href="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com">ramim@foremostsystems.com</a>><br>To: FilePro Mailing List <<a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>><br>Subject: Avoiding lock files<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:CAABhY0nRjTWEYjkDEcgMVPXwWqq2bBvR_xVTyHMdb8WXuv1iaw@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:CAABhY0nRjTWEYjkDEcgMVPXwWqq2bBvR_xVTyHMdb8WXuv1iaw@mail.gmail.com">CAABhY0nRjTWEYjkDEcgMVPXwWqq2bBvR_xVTyHMdb8WXuv1iaw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hi All,<br><br>I am sure others have ran into this issue. I have reports that I want to<br>run, but I always get stuck on lock files. These reports do not do any<br>updating. I think I have tried using the "-ro" flag for read only, but I<br>remember running into systems issues.<br><br>Does anyone have suggestions or is there something I am missing.<br><br>I am running Ubuntu Linux Fp ver 5.7.<br><br>Thanks<br>Rami<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br><<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/8f" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/8f</a><br>c00e7a/attachment.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:32:13 -0400<br>From: Jose Lerebours <<a ymailto="mailto:fpgroups@gmail.com" href="mailto:fpgroups@gmail.com">fpgroups@gmail.com</a>><br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>Subject: Re: Avoiding lock files<br>Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:10be14e4-adde-c438-4561-1b5078479ac9@gmail.com" href="mailto:10be14e4-adde-c438-4561-1b5078479ac9@gmail.com">10be14e4-adde-c438-4561-1b5078479ac9@gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed<br><br>-u flag may be what you are looking for.<br><br>Of course, seeing the entire syntax of your command would help since some<br>reports run while sitting on a record (@rn "1" - bad practice) ...<br><br><br><br>On 10/31/2016 03:29 PM, Rami Mantoura via Filepro-list wrote:<br>> Hi All,<br>><br>> I am sure others have ran into this issue. I have reports that I want to<br>> run, but I always get stuck on lock files. These reports do not do any<br>> updating. I think I have tried using the "-ro" flag for read only, but I<br>> remember running into systems issues.<br>><br>> Does anyone have suggestions or is there something I am missing.<br>><br>> I am running Ubuntu Linux Fp ver 5.7.<br>><br>> Thanks<br>> Rami<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL:<br><<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/8f" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/8f</a><br>c00e7a/attachment.html><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Filepro-list mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:54:46 -0400<br>From: Rami Mantoura <<a ymailto="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com" href="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com">ramim@foremostsystems.com</a>><br>To: Jose Lerebours <<a ymailto="mailto:fpgroups@gmail.com" href="mailto:fpgroups@gmail.com">fpgroups@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: FilePro Mailing List <<a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: Avoiding lock files<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a ymailto="mailto:CAABhY0kfbq91KHCKzJPX3uJKoJRFy2NveAYHvcTrZaj6wXKFgw@mail.gmail.com" href="mailto:CAABhY0kfbq91KHCKzJPX3uJKoJRFy2NveAYHvcTrZaj6wXKFgw@mail.gmail.com">CAABhY0kfbq91KHCKzJPX3uJKoJRFy2NveAYHvcTrZaj6wXKFgw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>the -u flag does not work. That will still sit on a record that someone is<br>updating until they exit out.<br><br>I am not doing the @rn "1" for this process.<br><br>On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list <<br><a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> -u flag may be what you are looking for.<br>><br>> Of course, seeing the entire syntax of your command would help since some<br>> reports run while sitting on a record (@rn "1" - bad practice) ...<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 10/31/2016 03:29 PM, Rami Mantoura via Filepro-list wrote:<br>><br>>> Hi All,<br>>><br>>> I am sure others have ran into this issue. I have reports that I want to<br>>> run, but I always get stuck on lock files. These reports do not do any<br>>> updating. I think I have tried using the "-ro" flag for read only, but I<br>>> remember running into systems issues.<br>>><br>>> Does anyone have suggestions or is there something I am missing.<br>>><br>>> I am running Ubuntu Linux Fp ver 5.7.<br>>><br>>> Thanks<br>>> Rami<br>>> -------------- next part --------------<br>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>>> URL: <<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachm" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachm</a><br>>> ents/20161031/8fc00e7a/attachment.html><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Filepro-list mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>>> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br>>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Filepro-list mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br><<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/10" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/10</a><br>6832f0/attachment.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:00:34 -0400<br>From: Bill Randall <<a ymailto="mailto:wrandall@fptech.com" href="mailto:wrandall@fptech.com">wrandall@fptech.com</a>><br>To: Rami Mantoura <<a ymailto="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com" href="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com">ramim@foremostsystems.com</a>><br>Cc: FilePro Mailing List <<a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: Avoiding lock files<br>Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:f2f26279-47c8-47d3-2bce-955f18fa72a1@fptech.com" href="mailto:f2f26279-47c8-47d3-2bce-955f18fa72a1@fptech.com">f2f26279-47c8-47d3-2bce-955f18fa72a1@fptech.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed"<br><br>PFSKIPLOCKED=nnn<br><br>Allows locked records to be skipped after nnn seconds. Records skipped not<br>included in @rp. (*report)<br><br>Version Ref: 4.8<br><br>PFSKIPPEDLOG=filename<br><br>Log records skipped by PFSKIPLOCKED=nnn. (*report)<br><br>Version Ref: 4.8<br><br><br><br>On 10/31/2016 3:54 PM, Rami Mantoura via Filepro-list wrote:<br>> the -u flag does not work. That will still sit on a record that someone is<br>> updating until they exit out.<br>><br>> I am not doing the @rn "1" for this process.<br>><br>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list <<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> -u flag may be what you are looking for.<br>>><br>>> Of course, seeing the entire syntax of your command would help since some<br>>> reports run while sitting on a record (@rn "1" - bad practice) ...<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On 10/31/2016 03:29 PM, Rami Mantoura via Filepro-list wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Hi All,<br>>>><br>>>> I am sure others have ran into this issue. I have reports that I want to<br>>>> run, but I always get stuck on lock files. These reports do not do any<br>>>> updating. I think I have tried using the "-ro" flag for read only, but I<br>>>> remember running into systems issues.<br>>>><br>>>> Does anyone have suggestions or is there something I am missing.<br>>>><br>>>> I am running Ubuntu Linux Fp ver 5.7.<br>>>><br>>>> Thanks<br>>>> Rami<br>>>> -------------- next part --------------<br>>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>>>> URL: <<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachm" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachm</a><br>>>> ents/20161031/8fc00e7a/attachment.html><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> Filepro-list mailing list<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>>>> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br>>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Filepro-list mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>>> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br>>><br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL:<br><<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/10" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/10</a><br>6832f0/attachment.html><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Filepro-list mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br>> <a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br>><br><br><br><br>---<br>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL:<br><<a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/ea" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/attachments/20161031/ea</a><br>aef6dd/attachment.html><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 6<br>Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:09:37 -0400<br>From: Kenneth Brody <<a ymailto="mailto:kenbrody@spamcop.net" href="mailto:kenbrody@spamcop.net">kenbrody@spamcop.net</a>><br>To: Rami Mantoura <<a ymailto="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com" href="mailto:ramim@foremostsystems.com">ramim@foremostsystems.com</a>><br>Cc: FilePro Mailing List <<a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: Avoiding lock files<br>Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:03d29bc0-6152-04c3-2d32-24c2d7ee2ea2@spamcop.net" href="mailto:03d29bc0-6152-04c3-2d32-24c2d7ee2ea2@spamcop.net">03d29bc0-6152-04c3-2d32-24c2d7ee2ea2@spamcop.net</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed<br><br>On 10/31/2016 3:54 PM, Rami Mantoura via Filepro-list wrote:<br>> the -u flag does not work. That will still sit on a record that someone is<br>> updating until they exit out.<br><br>That's a record lock, and the lockfile has absolutely nothing to do with <br>record locks.<br><br>If you aren't modifying the file in any way, I believe the "-ro" flag you <br>previously mentioned doesn't need to wait for locks, since it's running in <br>read-only mode.<br><br>Another option is using PFSKIPLOCKED. Of course, that means the records <br>that were locked will be skipped. Not usually an option you want, but it is<br><br>available.<br><br>Other than that, you can't update a record that someone else is updating, so<br><br>you can't "avoid" the record lock.<br><br>> I am not doing the @rn "1" for this process.<br>><br>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Jose Lerebours via Filepro-list <<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> -u flag may be what you are looking for.<br>>><br>>> Of course, seeing the entire syntax of your command would help since some<br>>> reports run while sitting on a record (@rn "1" - bad practice) ...<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On 10/31/2016 03:29 PM, Rami Mantoura via Filepro-list wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Hi All,<br>>>><br>>>> I am sure others have ran into this issue. I have reports that I want to<br>>>> run, but I always get stuck on lock files. These reports do not do any<br>>>> updating. I think I have tried using the "-ro" flag for read only, but I<br>>>> remember running into systems issues.<br>>>><br>>>> Does anyone have suggestions or is there something I am missing.<br>>>><br>>>> I am running Ubuntu Linux Fp ver 5.7.<br><br>-- <br>Kenneth Brody<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Filepro-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br><a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of Filepro-list Digest, Vol 153, Issue 20<br>*********************************************<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Filepro-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com" href="mailto:Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com">Filepro-list@lists.celestial.com</a><br>Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Subscription Changes<br><a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list" target="_blank">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/filepro-list</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>