but if you kill the netscape process, then it isn't still running somewhere on your machine and deleting the lock file is perfectly valid. isn't it? comments anyone?
xucaen --- Jens Gecius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > This may be a strange request but I'm > trying to write a little > > > wrapper of sorts for Netscape that removes > the lock file > > > automatically after killing the browser > when it hangs. The > > > problem I'm having is finding a site that > hangs Netscape. I > > > usually have no trouble when I'm not > looking:) > > > thanks, > > > kent > > > > You can do it the other way round: remove the > file before starting > > it, like > > > > rm ~/.netscape/lock 2> /dev/null > > netscape > > I would consider that a bad idea because it > would really make the > lockfile totally obsolete. And doesn't stop you > starting netscape if > another one is still running (more or less) > somewhere on your > machine. > > I think the other way, cleaning up after > netscape got killed (even > externally) would be the better way. > > -- > Tschoe, Get my > gpg-public-key here > Jens > http://gecius.de/gpg-key.txt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? > Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
