David, Michael, Yes to both of you, but see the other thread on this. Mac's give you modified, created and last opened in the finder window. That can help troubleshooting. That's also why older unix systems used some version of .lck .lnk files and core dumps; all three can be diagnostic. And Colin takes a different tack on this.
I like the philosophical question here. Signifigance often assigns itself well after events, or perhaps it is post attributive. I like the 4 category approach: "known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns". GordonOn Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 9:42 AM Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 11/4/2018 9:10 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > > As others explained, the lck and lnk files are created by gnucash to > > prevent users accidentally opening the data file on multiple machines. They > > are zero bytes in size and there is no point in trying to open them up. > > There is no there there. > > > Sometimes it can help people remember if they are told why. > > Why a file with no data? The lock file isn't intended to be OPENED. Only > its EXISTENCE is being tested. That's what it is there for. If it > exists, then some instance of the program has the corresponding data > file open. When gnucash is about to open a data file, it creates a > corresponding lock file, and when it closes that data file, it deletes > the lock file. The existence of a lock file (for some data file) means > that an instance of the program "owns" that data file, and no other > instance of the program can touch it. > > Why this way? Because a program can check for the existence of a file > even if not allowed to open that file. > > Of course if the program (or the system) crashes before the program > closes a file and deletes the lock a lock file can get left behind. > > Michael D Novack > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
