PETER@ECC.oz.au (Peter Mayne) (09/28/87)
We regularly get processes dropping into a RWAST state, which is very nasty because they have devices allocated, files locked (including VMSMAIL.DAT, which makes it difficult to log in!), etc, and there is no way to get rid of them except (a) reboot the system, or (b) wait for a very long time. Even the nice black internals manual seems to be reticent about RWASTs (or am I reading the wrong parts?). It seems to happen mostly on RT (remote) terminals. Does anyone have any cures/ideas/prayers that would be any help? PJDM Elizabeth Computer Centre, Hobart, Tasmania