On Dec 28, 2011, at 11:22 16, Alan Peterson wrote: > What exactly *is* a lockfile and its purpose? Is this the sole mechanism that > keeps two instances of Rivendell from running?
Two instances of RDAirPlay, yes. Most Rivendell modules support multiple instances without difficulty. > And does it delete itself at the end of a session? Yes. Specifically, RDAirPlay itself deletes it as part of its shutdown process. However, if RDAirPlay shuts down abnormally --e.g. by being sent a SIGKILL -- that shutdown process doesn't run, hence a 'stale' lockfile gets left behind. Cheers! |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | A room without books is like a body without a soul. | | -- Cicero | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
