yeah. looks like I copied the files with the locks in place so I copied the
locks. then when I closed the files and rsynced again it didn't delete the
locks because rsyn doesn't delete things. I still think we should have the
option of deleting the lock when libreoffice detects it!
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Lisa Kachold <
lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
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> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> yep.... all I had to do was to delete the lock file. Kinda a pain but oh
>> well! Thanks for the help. Libre office should allow us the option of
>> selecting to delete that file after it sees that it is in place!
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> Welcome to Unix! We like locking things!
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>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
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>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> Do you see any lock files:
>>>
>>> # ls -al ~/*.lock
>>>
>>> This locking mechanism is more complex than Word or OpenOffice for .doc
>>> files - which are basically treated in a more secure format within the
>>> Linux system. Within the lock file is the name of another file that also
>>> must be deleted if you have in fact a locked document.
>>>
>>> Reference:
>>> http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/462850-problem-unlocking-libreoffice-locked-files.html
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> I have a small problem, I 've been running rsync with no problem but I
>>>> just tried to open a libre office doc on the remote computer and the first
>>>> error I get is that the docuent needs to be recovered. So I click ' start
>>>> recovery' and the next error I get is that the document isw locked for
>>>> editing and that the remote computer has it open.... I think I figured it
>>>> out.... I had the document open when I was editing it. Let's see if that is
>>>> the problem. I guess I'm not so smert after all. It will let me open a copy
>>>> but not edit the actual file. I'm sure that somebody on here knows why it
>>>> is doing this. Would that person care to enlighten me and tell me.... how
>>>> do I fix this.
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