kcantrel@digi.UUCP (Keith Cantrell) (08/16/89)
I have run into a problem with running rn when rnews or rn is already running
on a different machine. The problem is the first one will open the file
"/usr/lib/news/active" for reading and therefore the Apollo operating system
will lock it. After this has happens, I am unable to get a second rn or rnews
to run on a different machine, the fopen complains "Text file busy". This
problem does not exist if both programs are running on the same machine.
This was a major problem when I started up rn on my machine and rnews was
started up on a different machine and started loosing news since it could not
open the active file :-(
Has anybody else since this problem? It is easy to reproduce, just write a
small program to open a file and executed it on two different machines and you
will see the problem.
Now for the particulars:
Machines: DN3500
Operating system: BSD4.3-DOMAIN/OS
News version: "B 2.11 1/24/89"
I someone could please help me with this I would greatly appreciate it,
Keith
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Keith Cantrell Phones: hm: 214-492-1088
wk: 214-519-2399 @ DSC
USMAIL: EMAIL:
2100 Sonata Ln cantrell@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US
Carrollton TX 75007 or
...!attctc!digi!kcantrel
-----------------------------------------------------------------------