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The Question is: I cant open a file with EDIT/EDT while another program is writing to it. I have read the Q&A on 6828 and 2867 and used the C-program to test if its my program that is doing something wrong but I get the same result with the testprogram: >>ed tmp.tmp %EDT-F-OPENIN, error opening MAS:[LD_UTV.CY]TMP.TMP; as input -RMS-E-FLK, file currently locked by another user >>ed tmp.tmp/read %EDT-F-OPENIN, error opening MAS:[LD_UTV.CY]TMP.TMP; as input -RMS-E-FLK, file currently locked by another user with the example program, am I missing something simple or is EDIT/EDT? It works fine with TYPE: >>type tmp.tmp Iteration count: 0 Iteration count: 1 Iteration count: 2 Why not just use TYPE? well my users are using EDIT/EDT to access all other information files in the "system". The Answer is :
The OpenVMS Wizard strongly encourages you to acquire and read the
available User's Manual and the Programming Concepts documentation
as a start, and to particularly to understand the intent and the
general implementation of the file-locking mechanisms within OpenVMS.
The RMS file locks involved here are explicitly intended to avoid
cases where an application will receive inconsistent data; to prevent
access to file information when the application is not coded to permit
such shared access -- the means used to enable such shared access is
what is discussed in the OpenVMS FAQ and in Ask The Wizard topics such
as (6828) and (2867).
Users that blindly use EDIT/EDT or another text editor for all file
display operations are exceedingly hazardous to the continued operation
of OpenVMS and of the application involved, as an unintended save or
write command from within a text editor can easily alter the file
format and can obviously also alter the file contents. Depending on
the particular target file(s) overwritten, this activity can cause
OpenVMS and/or application failures.
Related discussions include (2467), (3320), (6326), (7779)
-- HELP/MESSAGE FLK --
FLK, file currently locked by another user
Facility: RMS, OpenVMS Record Management Services
Explanation: An attempt to open or create a file failed. Another user
has the file open in a mode incompatible with the attempted
access.
User Action: Wait until the other user has deaccessed the file. If the file
is to be shared, verify that the SHR option is selected in the
FAB for all users that need to access the file. If the file
cannot be shared, modify the program to detect and respond to
the condition by waiting.
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