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    From Bill Gordon@1:3634/22 to All on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 20:08:33
    Hello All.

    I just noticed that my IREX is resetting itself over and over. It says "Rex is waiting for the config files to be unlocked..."

    What's that all about, and how do I stop it?

    Thanks

    Bill

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  • From Andrew Leary@1:320/219 to Bill Gordon on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:07:42
    Hello Bill.

    13 Sep 11 20:08, you wrote to all:

    I just noticed that my IREX is resetting itself over and over. It says "Rex is waiting for the config files to be unlocked..."

    What's that all about, and how do I stop it?

    If you don't have any IREX or REXCFG tasks open on the system, delete *.0 from the IREX semaphore directory.

    Andrew

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Bill Gordon on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:51:00
    Bill Gordon wrote to All <=-

    I just noticed that my IREX is resetting itself over and over. It says "Rex is waiting for the config files to be unlocked..."

    What's that all about, and how do I stop it?

    Have you rebooted? I haven't run IREX in years, but I run into problems all
    the time with Windoex XP where a program exits but doesn't let go of a
    file. A reboot clears that up every time.


    kurt weiske | kweiske at realitycheckbbs dot org
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  • From Roy Witt@1:387/22 to Bill Gordon on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:04:22

    13 Sep 11 20:08, Bill Gordon wrote to All:

    I just noticed that my IREX is resetting itself over and over. It
    says "Rex is waiting for the config files to be unlocked..."

    What's that all about, and how do I stop it?

    When you close the rexcfg file, it should erase a file that Rex writes to itself. Apparently it didn't, which is something that happens.

    Look in the IREX echo where you keep your files and delete any files with
    a *.0 extension; especially rexbusy.0


    R\%/itt


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