Subj : "stuck" open files
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 11:03 am

Hi Marc,

 ML> I have run into a few occasions of a log file (Maximus 
 ML> specifically) that have been left 'dirty'.  Needless to 
 ML> say, when that happens that particular node of the BBS 
 ML> won't spawn.  

What OS (and version) and App (and version) are you talking about? I have never 
seen an OS/2 version of Maximus leave any file "open" at all, its always been 
very clean in that respect. I can't speak for any DOS versiosn though, I have 
run Dos in a LLOONNGG time now........;-)

 ML> Is there a method of closing these 
 ML> aberrant files other than rebooting the machine?

Are you sure that the Task that had the file open has in fact "gone"? I can't 
recall ever seeing any OS/2 task hold open a file after the task has gone. The 
times a file has still been held "open", the process that last touched that 
file was still present in the system, even though it wasn't always "visible" to 
the average user. Grab a good process listing utilty such as TOP and see if 
something is still running. Sometimes you may find the odd task that becomes a 
true Zombie and cannot be "touched" by anything, then you are simply out of 
luck, but I have never seen Maximus like that.

Cheers..............pk.


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