Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS

On 2012-11-08 00:57, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> When i save a file onto my company's network and then reopen it (still in Ubuntu) it all works 
> fine.  When my boss opens the file in Windows an error-message pops-up saying that he can only open 
> a copy or in Read-Only mode.  It's closed on my machine but his one claims it's still open.  Then 
> my boss changes the name, edits the document, saves and closes.  Then when i open the new version 
> of the document it tells me i can only open in Read Only (or a copy)!
>
>
> It does have a slight advantage in that it forces my boss to effectively make backups and i am 
> gradually encouraging a standard versioning system other than
> filename-draft.doc
> filename-final.doc
> filename-FINAL.doc
> filename-revised.doc
> filename-final.doc
> in roughly random order and sometimes without the filename part so folders end up full of documents that 
> could be about anything.  Draft does not always come first and may even be the final and revised might be a 
> revised draft or just be a draft.  Hence frequent shouts of "so which one am i supposed to open?".  
> It's slow going but at least we seem to make occasional steps forwards.
>
> So, i am not sure i really want to fix the problem but it's one of the excuses some of my 
> colleagues use to revert to inferior products instead of going with LO.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
Hi.
Are lock files left behind in the folder with the files you edit. I 
noticed yesterday that after working on a file on the server the lock 
file remained after I closed the file I was editing. 
.~lock.shearBeamDescription.odt#
Steve


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