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From: dkinney@hhb.UUCP (David Kinney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: How to get around "Text file busy" ?
Keywords: File access locking
Message-ID: <285@hhb.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 23:01:47 GMT
Organization: HHB Systems, Mawah, NJ
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	I've got a problem that neither RTFM, nor even calling Apollo
Tech. Support has helped.  Basically, I have two processes: the first
one opens a file for writing and begins writing to it.  Shortly there-
after, a second process, which is on another node, attempts to open
the file for reading and is blocked with a "Text file busy" error.

	I know that if both processes are on the same node, everything
works.  However, the application that I'm working on is for a distributed
environment;  one of it's principles is that the first process will be
running on a high powered node somewhere and the second process will
be running on a node that is sitting on an engineer's desk.  An eventual
solution might be to use X Windows, but currently the graphics stuff
involved hasn't been modified to work with X.

	Any suggestions on how to work around this problem would be
appreciated.


	Thanks in advance,

		David Kinney

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David Kinney,  Portations Manager, HHB Systems
UUCP:     {rutgers,pyrnj,princeton}!hhb!dkinney
US Snail: HHB Systems  1000 Wyckoff Ave.  Mahwah NJ 07430
Phone:    201-848-8000 X345
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David Kinney,  Portations Manager, HHB Systems
UUCP:     {rutgers,pyrnj,princeton}!hhb!dkinney
US Snail: HHB Systems  1000 Wyckoff Ave.  Mahwah NJ 07430
Phone:    201-848-8000 X345