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05-25-2005

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sorry i don't understand file is locked. and i don't know what mac finder is. i gess it is something finding your mac address of ethernet? BUT,

1) if it is locked as in RCS (revision control system) or SCCS (source code control system) , you (hopefully owner) can unlock it " rcs -u YourFileName " see man rcs if it is installed in your system. see man sccs to learn how to unlock with sccs. unfortunately i don't know.

2) if your file is in use, you can see it with " fuser -m TheFileName or the directoryName holding it " fuser is file user. see man fuser to see how to kill the process using your file. i think it is fuser -km FileName. better investigate it yourself. If you know which process is using your file you can terminate the process with " kill " command.

3) use " lsattr YourFileName " to see the attributes of your file. it might be set as immutable or undeletable with command "chattr -i filename" or " chattr -u filename " if so you can do the opposite with " chattr +i +u filename " see man chattr or man lsattr for more detail. chattr and lsattr come with newer systems. my fedora2 has it. older systems don't

these were all i know. hope they are usefull.

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lsattr

LSATTR(1)						      General Commands Manual							 LSATTR(1)

NAME

       lsattr - list file attributes on a Linux second extended file system

SYNOPSIS

       lsattr [ -RVadlpv ] [ files...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       lsattr lists the file attributes on a second extended file system.  See chattr(1) for a description of the attributes and what they mean.

OPTIONS

       -R     Recursively list attributes of directories and their contents.

       -V     Display the program version.

       -a     List all files in directories, including files that start with `.'.

       -d     List directories like other files, rather than listing their contents.

       -l     Print the options using long names instead of single character abbreviations.

       -p     List the file's project number.

       -v     List the file's version/generation number.

AUTHOR

       lsattr was written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.  It is currently being maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@alum.mit.edu>.

BUGS

       There are none :-).

AVAILABILITY

       lsattr is part of the e2fsprogs package and is available from http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO

       chattr(1)

E2fsprogs version 1.44.1					    March 2018								 LSATTR(1)

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