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Re: Unexplained files - why?

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Unexplained files - why?
Date	2011-10-11 08:08 -0700
Organization	Canadian Mind Products
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:28:20 -0400, Jeff Higgins
<jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>> /etc/.java/.systemPrefs/.system.lock

That sounds like a file created to let everyone know some set of files
are busy.  Such files can be left behind if you abort or crash in mid
flight.

Did you abort an install?
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
It should not be considered an error when the user starts something
already started or stops something already stopped. This applies
to browsers, services, editors... It is inexcusable to 
punish the user by requiring some elaborate sequence to atone,
e.g. open the task editor, find and kill some processes.

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Unexplained files - why? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-05 00:29 +0000
  Re: Unexplained files - why? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-11 10:28 -0400
    Re: Unexplained files - why? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-11 08:08 -0700
      Re: Unexplained files - why? Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-10-11 19:38 +0000
    Re: Unexplained files - why? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-11 11:41 -0400
      Re: Unexplained files - why? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-11 11:51 -0400

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