We have seen this issue two times when an existing installation of
one of our apps was copied to a new server. I didn't understand how
it could happen, but probably Peter is right and using the on-off
switch instead of properly shutting down the application is the cause.
Maybe we could chec
Yes, this could be it. They do every so often close it down using the on-off
switch, which invokes the shutdown procedure, but too fast for rev to close
and save properly. Could be. Thanks - at least it frees one from worrying
that someone is trying to use a text editor on it.
Now what to do a
Peter,
I believe the .rev~ file is made by the revolution engine automatically
when you do a stack save. It is a backup of the exisiting stack file
prior to the save command. If the save is successful it is deleted, so
you only see it if something went wrong.
Assuming this is correct, this would
Here is a very weird situation. The program consists of a launcher, call it
launcher, and the program proper, call it program.rev, and they are both in
the same folder.
I get a call that launcher is not starting up the program. On inspection of
the folder, one sees the following:
launcher [e
