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From: bpv9073@sjfc.UUCP (Brett VanSprewenburg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Locks and XOper (was Re: Killing Processes)
Keywords: Xoper ARTM
Message-ID: <1769@sjfc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 91 21:45:09 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.122837.1@watt.ccs.tuns.ca> <1991Apr21.223326.46280@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <75@taloa.unice.fr>
Reply-To: bpv9073@sjfc.UUCP (Brett VanSprewenburg)
Organization: Saint John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
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In article <75@taloa.unice.fr> beust@mimosa.unice.fr writes:
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>  Regarding XOper: it provides a "Lock/UnLock" function, but I never managed
>to make it work. I suspect it allows you to unlock Locks that haven't been
>released by some programs.
>
>  Has anyone ever used this feature?

Yes, on my harddrive twice. Something has happened (don't ask me what)
DOS wouldn't let me delete or move a file (directory in one case) because
"the object was in use". Xoper will go in and kill off that system file
lock in order for you to do something sensible.

==Brett