File locking is a mutual-exclusion mechanism for files. Linux supports two major kinds of file locks: Below we discuss all lock types available in POSIX and Linux and provide usage examples. …

When you open an ALG file, you may encounter a “Try again, unable to lock file” message. A file with the same name as the ALG file exists in that same folder but with an NLF file extension …

You should “export – locks file” any (.dgn) that you will edit locally, including reference attachments if you will also be editing them. It is a good practice to import documents when …

Multiple processes can hold a shared lock on the same file. A process that writes to a file typically requests an exclusive lock, and a process that reads from it typically requests a shared lock.

In most cases this is the easiest and most effective option. Open the PDF document that has an electronic signature or other data that needs to be locked in place. Click the “Print” icon or go …

Whenever Cadence opens a schematic, it creates a lock file. When you exit the Cadence properly by File -> Exit in the Command Interpreter Window, the lock file will be deleted and you will not …

. To unlock the file, you need to search for and remove (using the rm command) a file that ends in ".cdslck. . You will often have to look through directories and subdirectories to find this file, but …