Delete LCK files??

I have a bit of a muddled site at the momnet - heaps of files
checked out
that users didn't bother to check back in. Can I just go to
teh server and
delete all the LCK files to start fresh again??
Any advice appreciated.

If you remove all the LCK files, then you run the risk of
version conflicts with the local drafts. However, if that doesn't
matter and all the edits will be started over from scratch using
the live pages, deleting the lock files shouldn't cause too many
problems.

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Search Remote Files... or ...How Do I Delete All of My LCK Files?

hey everyone.
i need to delete a bunch of .LCK files from my server so
Dreamweaver
will stop telling me someone else has stuff checked-out and
that i need
to enable blah blah blah. i can't just check everything in
because A.
that would take forever and B. the "person" who has them
checked out is
actually me, from a previous site definition that is now gone
because i
had to recreate it.
unless i'm missing something (and i've been spending some
time looking
for it), there doesn't seem to be a way in Dreamweaver (at
least in
version 8, which is what i have) to search for files on the
remote view.
and even if there was, it doesn't look like the remote view
displays
hidden files, i.e. .LCK files.
my server control panel does give me the option to search for
files
using the file manager, but it only searches the folder you
have
selected, and no sub-folders. there are hundreds, maybe
thousands of
folders on this thing, and it would really take a long time
to click on
each and every folder, search for the .lck files, and then
delete them.
so, my question is, what would be the best/easiest way to
find and
delete .lck files (or really, any file for that matter) on
the remote
server?
thanks!

i do NOT want check-in/check-out enabled. i'm trying to get
rid of it
altogether, but i tried selecting the checked out files to
check them
back in, and it said there were none.
there is no "unlock" option, so i guess i need to pick check
in. but
here's my question, since it's this other instance of "me"
that has them
checked out, will this work? it's not recognizing me or my
computer or
whatever as the person who has them checked out. i think it's
because i
had to recreate my site definition about a week ago or so,
and i deleted
the old one. so it's like a user that no longer exists has
them checked out.
Alan wrote:
> Do you want checkin/checkout to still be enabled when
this is done?
>
> try this or a variation of it-
>
> in the Files Panel, right-click on the root site folder
and pick checkin. Or
> unlock.
>
>

.lck files not automatically deleting

We save all of our .fm book and chapter files to a central server, and recently we've noticed that when we close a file the .lck file does not automatically delete. Thus, we are having to manually delete this before updating books, opening files, etc. We're using FM8 on PC's with Win 7 x64. We have FM set to run in XP x32 compatability mode, which is working pretty well for us aside from the aformentioned issue.
Has anybody else run into this? Any ideas on a fix?
Thanks! Scott

Do the lock files actually still exist?
If you're discovering them because FM is complaining on open, then yes they effectively still exist (although possibly only in server FS cache).
But if you're merely seeing them in a file browser, they may or may not be there. Doing a refresh may or may not clear up matters,
Browser currency is a fundamental, and probably intractable, problem in computer science. Many OS'es don't even attempt to keep track of multiple local and remote browsers that presently have a dir open, much less asynchronously force-refresh them when the dir contents change. Windows tries to, with an assortment of performance, nuisance and failure modes.
I blame Bill Gates.
Reboot the server .

Over-riding .LCK files on Inherited Website

Is there any way of over-riding .LCK files?
I’ve recently been given access to administer a
department webpage at a university and defined a site on my
computer - but when I accessed the server's directory I found the
.htm files have the .LCK extension. I was able to download the
files but am prevented from uploading any files. The original
webperson has left and no one has any information.
I was checking the archives and see that the .LCK is related
to Dreamweaver's "check-in/check-out" feature which allows tracking
of files when working in groups. But since I'm now become "the
group", how do I over-ride this feature so I can work on the .htm
files?
~CK

Just delete the lck files on the server as I mentioned
before.
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
www.valleybiz.net
"Hurleyburley" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Unfortunately the previous person who opened the files
and checked them
> out did
> not return/upload them - and didn't leave copies of the
files to upload.
>
> So is there a way to access the files which have been
locked when I don't
> have
> the original checked-out files to check-back-in?
>
>
>
>
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> If the previous person opened the file in DW it would
have checked it out,
> in the process creating the LCK file. To remove this
file DW needs to
> check
> the file back in. If you are using another program for
this part of the
> operation then you will have problems with DW.
>
> --
> Paul Whitham
> Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
> Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
>
> Valleybiz Internet Design
> www.valleybiz.net
>
> "Hurleyburley" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
quote:
Originally posted by:
Newsgroup User
> >
> > Thanks alot for the help!
> >
> > I did enable Contribute in my Remote site. I was
able to download the
> > files
> > to my computer and make changes. When I tried to
upload the updated
> > .htm
> > files
> > I got an error message saying "Encountered 1 errors
(sic) during the
> > transfer."
> >
> >
> > Due to security reasons our university permits file
transfers using a
> > product
> > called SSH Secure File Transfer Client. Does using
the SSH FTC product
> > instead of Dreamweaver's FTP connection create a
problem for the .LCK
> > check-in/check-out feature? Or is there something
else that needs to be
> > addressed?
> >
> >
> >
> > You need to NOT do this. Have you enabled
Contribute in your Remote
> > site
> > definition?
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> > "Hurleyburley" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Is there any way of over-riding .LCK files?
> > >
> > > I?ve recently been given access to administer
a department webpage at
> > > a
> > > university and defined a site on my computer -
but when I accessed the
> > > server's
> > > directory I found the .htm files have the .LCK
extension. I was able
> > > to
> > > download the files but am prevented from
uploading any files. The
> > > original
> > > webperson has left and no one has any
information.
> > >
> > > I was checking the archives and see that the
.LCK is related to
> > > Dreamweaver's
> > > "check-in/check-out" feature which allows
tracking of files when
> > > working
> > > in
> > > groups. But since I'm now become "the group",
how do I over-ride this
> > > feature
> > > so I can work on the .htm files?
> > >
> > > ~CK
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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HUNDREDS of .LCK files

Hundreds of .LCK files are appearing on our server - most of
them with Hidden file attribute set. The CPS log shows all these
entries, typically by a single user, at a very specific date and
time - seems to be when the user is trying to publish a file.
Anyone know what is causing this? I can search/delete them in the
file system, but I want to know the cause.
Also, other symptoms we are experiencing are "Access Denied"
and "Contact System Admin" when other users try to publish. Also, a
".new" is appended to the filename when this error occurs. Only way
to fix this is to rename the file in the file system.
I have a mixture of Contribute 3.11, Contribute 4.0 and
Dreamweaver 8 users. I have CPS version 1.1.
Any suggestions/help is greatly appreciated!!!!

I'm not sure I have an answer for you on this, but I assume
you know that the LCK files are how Contribute locks the actual
files on the server to prevent 2 folks from editing the same page
simultaneously. That being said, the LCK system kicks into gear
when, at least for us, the administrator (who is in DW MX) has
enabled the "Check In-Check Out" functionality for the site. The
administrator gets messages in Contribute when a page is "locked"
by a page author (meaning they are currently editing the page, have
clicked "Save For Later", have clicked "Send for Review" or have
exited Contribute without "disposing" of their draft in one of the
above methods). Make sure folks are either publishing their drafts
or "disposing" of them in one of these ways so that the locking is
not occuring accidentally.
Aside from that, the LCK's are normal and go away when a page
is published. It's possible that you may have enabled the approval
system "Send for Review" and this is starting to tie things up (you
should probably have a lot of concurrent emails being sent as well
in this case).
As to the other errors you're getting, sometimes we get those
too, and yet we are able to just close the error box and things go
as intended. Other times not, and I think the whole thing is
related to how much traffic the CPS server is handling...we tend to
get more errors when things are really busy.
Again, not sure if this was helpful, but maybe just some
things to consider!

.lck files

Hi, there are several .lck files that have been generated
between Dreamweaver and Contribute. Is it safe to delete these
files on the server?
Thanks...

Marita wrote:
> Hi, there are several .lck files that have been
generated between Dreamweaver and Contribute. Is it safe to delete
these files on the server?
>
> Thanks...
I think that in general, the answer is yes with a caveat. If
a user has
been in the process of updating the file that is locked, I
believe that
all changes previously made and not published will be lost;
but you can
wind up with different versions of the file on the local
machine(s) and
the server.
It has been my experience that this problem occurs when the
user has
been updating the content and screws something up and simply
"x"'s out
rather than Canceling the edit or forgets to check in the
file that has
been checked out.
The best long term solution is for the users to be educated
in the
"check-out", "check-in" and "cancel" functions in DW and
Contribute.

How to delete when file in use by the finder?

I have two files in my trash which won't delete. I get the error that they are being used by another program. Holding down option, using secure empty trash, using the terminal method of deleting the trash.. none of them work.
So I did the terminal command: lsof /path-to-file and found out it was being used by Finder. I don't think I can exactly quit the Finder process in Activity Monitor.. so how can I get these files out of my trash?

Thanks. Unfortunately, when I quit finder and try to delete the files in the trash by the following command:
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
It tells me "Directory not empty". Argghh..
I feel like I've tried everything. Can someone give me some other suggestions? Thanks

Error while deleting a file which is in a folder which inturn in workspace

12:20:42.309 DELETE (FAILED: Conflict [(pre||post)-condition failed: x:concurrency-lock-denied]) Hello.java   (C:\CFolder1\WSF1\WSF2\Dev\HelloWorld\Package\Hello.java)
--- Problem summary: ---
12:20:42.309 DELETE (FAILED: Conflict [(pre||post)-condition failed: x:concurrency-lock-denied]) Hello.java   (C:\CFolder1\WSF1\WSF2\Dev\HelloWorld\Package\Hello.java)
I am getting above error while deleting a file which is in a folder which inturn in workspace

Here is the problem I have with deleting my folder. I had created a WD project TaxTool and and added the DC to my SC. There were obviously some checkedout activities. Being new to this, I deleted the project directly without checking in the activities. Now I have folder TaxTool/_comp with nothing underneath on the DTR server and on my client. I am unable to checkout TaxTool for delete but the checkout of _comp folder fails in NWDS with the following error:
<b>EDIT (FAILED: server response: Conflict [(pre||post)-condition failed: x:no-exclusivity-with-existing-checked-out-resources]) comp   (C:\JDI\JDIDEMO1\intelJDI_TEST\dev\inactive\DCs\intel.com\TaxTool\_comp\)</b>
If I try the same from the DTR shell, I get this following error:
<b>Unexpected problem occurred during executing command.Lockfile "C:\Documents and
Settings\bvedamur\.dtr\.syncdbs\5b0d8b2110a7a29883734c0407462df8.syncdbM.lock" is already in use by another process.</b>
I am the only user in the system (doing R&D) and I have tried Sync and Delete. Nothing works. Help appreciated.
Thx
Bhaskar

When using a Seagate 1T external hard drive and Time Machine to back up hourly, if I delete photo files from the Mac hard drive before the next back up, are these retained on the Seagate drive or will they be lost (overwritten) in the next backu in the ne

Does Time Machine erase previously saved files if, say, photos are deleted from the Macbook upon the next update, or will they be stored indefinately despite the current status of the files stored on the computer? Eg. can I bckup photo files to a Seagate 1T disc and then delete them to make more room on the computer in the knowlwdge that they are always going to be on the Seagate disc? Sorry if this is very elementary but I have not used a back up before like this, and am not sure how successive backups are overlaid or retained. Thanks!!

TM is not designed to do what you ask. As Allan wrote TM is an incremental backup not an archival solution.
If you delete a file from the HD it will eventually be removed from the TM backup (if it ever makes it on to the backup at all).
How long before it is removed depends on a number of factors, TM disk drive size being one factor but not the only one.
Material that is impossible to replace and is important to you (image files usually fitting that description) need to be backed up to as least one other drive and preferably more for long term storage.

Deleting individual Files from trash folder

This should be a simple question...Is there a way to permanently delete individual files/folders from the trash folder instead of emptying the entire trash folder? TIA, Scott

As Allan says, no... the trash *should not* be used as a repository for files you're not sure you want to trash yet. Not only is this extremely hazardous, as it's easy to accidentally empty the trash, but it also puts all those questionable files outside the reach of Time Machine, so they will not be backed up. If you need a "Pending Trash" folder, create one on your desktop, and then put files in the trash only once you are truly ready to delete them.

Why does iTunes create disk errors when deleting movie files?

I use a Macbook Pro, OSX 10.7.5. When I delete movie file from my iTunes library I get disk errors. I need to option boot select the recovery disk and repair the disk. Deleting a movie file I have placed on my desktop with finder does not create any errors. Most of the movie files are created as .m4v movies. They all play just fine with my Apple TV. I have tried turning off the Apple TV and rebooting before I delee files but nothing seems to work.
Any ideas?
Lance

If you let iTunes organise your media folders then that is the way it is. An option would be to change the Media Kind to TV Show which would gather them togther in one folder, but in a different part of the library.
tt2

HT2674 I have an iMac purchased in May 2011. OSX Lion 10.7.3. I deleted backup file from the external hard drive. Now, the trash can will not empty some of the files deleted. File folder: "Core Services" contains a locked file: "boot.efi". It will not

I have an iMac purchased in May 2011. OSX Lion 10.7.3. I deleted backup file from the external hard drive which operates from Time Machine.
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The trash contains-- File folder: "Core Services" which contains a locked file: "boot.efi".
It will not delete.
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Yes, the Old Master file has a folder for each year where I find all photos from that specific year. I am attaching a screen shot of the file.
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Time Machine does backup almost all files on your hard drive, unless you have chosen to exclude them. There are a few exceptions, but nothing you should worry about. Your music and photos should be there, but Time Machine will not backup your iPhoto library if iPhoto is open.
Also, are the photos from iPhoto automatically stored on my external hard drive via Time Machine? If so, can I delete the pictures from iPhoto without deleting them from the external hard drive?
Yes to both questions, with the above cavat that Time Machine won't backup the library if iPhoto is open.
I notice that it takes iPhoto quite a while to load, and if deleting those photos would allow it to load quicker I would delete them (providing they would remain on the external hard drive.
I only have a few pictures in iPhoto, compared to my wife's 3,500+, and my iPhoto doesn't load appreciably faster that her's does even though I have a faster computer. In my opinion, it isn't worth the effort it would take to delete them for such a small gain.
You should have at least 2 complete backups to try to make sure you won't lose any data. Hard drives do fail and/or files can become corrupted. Time Machine can back up to more than one external hard drive or you can use a cloning program.
Time Machine FAQ

HT203200 Cannot delete the file from the itunes folder

I cannont delete the file from the itunes folder because it tells me I need permission to do so. I am the admin person for the laptop plus I have checked my permissions under the security tab in the files properties. How do I delete this file to start again? It downloaded 1.2GB of the file before the error message appeared, so its paid for and all but not looking like I'll get to watch it before the time runs out on the movie being available for me to watch. :-(

Try deleting the file without iTunes running.
When you next open iTunes it should then be marked as a missing file and you should be able to delete the entry from iTunes.
Hope this works
Regards,
Colin R.

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