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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!ohpspd!faashb
- From: faashb@ohpspd.com (Fe A. Ashburner)
- Subject: Re: WordPerfect 5.0
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.154431.11529@ohpspd.com>
- Organization: Ontario Hydro Power System Planning Division
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 15:44:31 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1992Aug11.155939.5488@trentu.ca> ccksb@blaze.trentu.ca (Ken Brown) writes:
- >I'm having some problems with WordPefect 5.0 running under Ultrix 4.2.
- >
- >The problem is that wpport (used to define ports for wp printers) cannot be
- >accessed once it is created. The program logo appears and then the error
- >message;
- >
- > Error:file in use
- >
- >This is stragne becaue the file is NOT in use. The only way around this is
- >to delete the file wpport.def, fire up wpport and enter all the port
- >definitions. This is a real drag. WordPerfect annot provide an answer.
- >
- >Anyone have similar problems and/or a solution?
-
-
- Yes I have the same problem.
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- Wordperfect claim its problem with Ultrix file locking.
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- However if after creating or updateing wpport.def you do the following
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- cp wpport.def wpport.sav
- rm wpport.def
- cp wpport.sav wpport.def
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- the wpport.def should then be unlocked.
- For some reason you must rm wpport.def before you copy the saved version back
- or the file remains locked.
-
- While this is still a bit of a Kludge its a lot better than entering all the
- port info again.
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