Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Unexplained files - why? Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:08:48 -0700 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: RCd/Ul4tyxGUBII8WGwa5g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8705 On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:28:20 -0400, Jeff Higgins 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.