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Foxbase file & record locking on OSR6

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SteveB

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Jan 11, 2008, 4:56:11 PM1/11/08
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We have just move a Multi-User SCO FoxBASE+ 2.1.2 to OSR6 with MP3
installed.

When we attempt to open any .dbf file we get "Exclusive lock failed".
If we "set exclusive off" and try to open the file we see "File is in
use by another. ".

Currently "XEMUL_OSR5=1" is in the environment, but we also tried it
without the variable set.

Your thoughts will be appreciated.

Steve Bacon


jbo...@sco.com

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Jan 15, 2008, 12:20:44 PM1/15/08
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Steve,

There is a bug in the fcntl(S) implementation of the xemul binary in
MP3 that is
causing this problem. The issue has been escalated to SCO Engineering
and
a beta fix has been made available via SCO Support.

Please contact your SCO Support provider if you want to test a copy of
of the fix.

Regards,

John

SteveB

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Jan 18, 2008, 1:26:48 PM1/18/08
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I was able to contact SCO (prio...@sco.com) support and received a
new copy of xemul which fixed the problem.

It is no longer considered a "beta" and should be easily available to
anyone.

BTW thanks to John Boland for the heads up.

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