Re: [libreoffice-users] locked in other OS

Hi :)
Ahah, just found this message!  Thank you Steve :)  

No the weird thing is that if i stay on the same computer and try to reopen the file using the same 
OS then it opens fine and allows me to edit.  It's only when a different OS is used that the file 
only opens as Read-Only

I can't see a lock-file in the folder that the document is in and i can't remember the other place 
lock-files get stored.  
Thanks and regards from
Tom :)  






> ________________________________
> From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
> To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> 
> Cc: "Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org" <Users@Global.LibreOffice.Org> 
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 17:15
> Subject: 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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