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locked lockfile

2000-04-05 17:57:19
I'm running procmail on RHL 5.x with kernel 2.2.13, glibc 2.0

This is getting terrible urgent:
 
[summer(_at_)emu summer]$ find .Mail/ -name \*.lock
.Mail/Llists.lock
[summer(_at_)emu summer]$ ps x --sort:start_time | grep procmail
14529  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
procmail-request(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de 
-Y -a
19073  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f www-lib-request(_at_)w3(_dot_)org -Y -a  -d 
summer 
19076  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f www-lib-request(_at_)w3(_dot_)org -Y -a  -d 
summer 
19130  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f www-lib-request(_at_)w3(_dot_)org -Y -a  -d 
summer 
25111  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
procmail-request(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de 
-Y -a
 6222  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
general-return-3832-summer=os2(_dot_)ami(_dot_)com(_dot_)au(_at_)j
akart
10903  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
procmail-request(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de 
-Y -a
10976  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f tomcat-user-return-815-summer=os2.ami.com.a
u(_at_)jak
11338  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f minordomo-owner(_at_)ndn(_dot_)net -Y -a  -d 
summer 
11424  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f tomcat-user-return-816-summer=os2.ami.com.a
u(_at_)jak
11607  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
owner-linux-kernel-digest-outgoing(_at_)vger(_dot_)rut
gers.
11654  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f tomcat-user-return-818-summer=os2.ami.com.a
u(_at_)jak
11676  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f tomcat-user-return-819-summer=os2.ami.com.a
u(_at_)jak
11701  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f tomcat-user-return-820-summer=os2.ami.com.a
u(_at_)jak
11746  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f tomcat-user-return-821-summer=os2.ami.com.a
u(_at_)jak
11927  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f minordomo-owner(_at_)ndn(_dot_)net -Y -a  -d 
summer 
11948  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
procmail-request(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de 
-Y -a
12414  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
procmail-request(_at_)informatik(_dot_)rwth-aachen(_dot_)de 
-Y -a
12438  ?  S    0:00 procmail -f 
owner-linux-kernel-digest-outgoing(_at_)vger(_dot_)rut
gers.
[summer(_at_)emu summer]$ 

These procmails are stuck on a locked lock file. Short of rebooting, how 
do I clear it?

If someone doesn't get back soon, I'm going to try something desperate; 
perhaps killing off 14529 which seems to be the one at the head of the 
queue.

There is only the one lock file.

Needless to say, I need a reply off-list; this list is caught in the 
logjam.

-- 
Cheers
John Summerfield
http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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