Re: lock symbolic link in firefox profile

>> i was cking things out in my .mozilla/firefox/user.default/ directory 
>> and i noticed a flashing red "lock".
>> It was a symbolic link.
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 mikeaz mikeaz     14 May  3 23:04 lock -> 127.0.0.1:5815
>> but I can't figure out what it is there for and why is it a 
>> red/flashing 'lock'
>> i found something on the net about it, but all it said was to rm this 
>> file after a browser problem a user was having. I personally am having 
>> no problems at all. but am curious about it.
>> mike hoy