Power failure

[johnmidl]

Experienced a power failure while Open Office was open. Now I get a message "Document file 'xxx.ods' is locked for editing by: Unknown User. Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing. "Properties" shows the normal user entries. I just cannot find anything that will show what is locking the document.

Any ideas?

[djh-novell]

johnmidl wrote:
> Experienced a power failure while Open Office was open. Now I get a
> message "Document file 'xxx.ods' is locked for editing by: Unknown User.
> Open document read-only or open a copy of the document for editing.
> "Properties" shows the normal user entries. I just cannot find anything
> that will show what is locking the document.
>
> Any ideas?

google openoffice lock ?

The first hit for me is

http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum...p?f=15&t=56537

[robin_listas]

On 2012-11-19 17:36, johnmidl wrote:

> Any ideas?

If you look at the directory you will probably find a hidden lock file.
Delete it (make sure the main file is not opened).

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith))

[Knurpht]

On 2012-11-19 17:36, johnmidl wrote:

> Any ideas?

If you look at the directory you will probably find a hidden lock file.
Delete it (make sure the main file is not opened).

--
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith))

To add: if locked file XYZ.odt is in ~/Documents, look for .lockXYZ.odt (notice the period before lock) Set your filemanager to show hidden files.