Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This may be a strange request but I'm trying to write a little > > wrapper of sorts for Netscape that removes the lock file > > automatically after killing the browser when it hangs. The > > problem I'm having is finding a site that hangs Netscape. I > > usually have no trouble when I'm not looking:) > > thanks, > > kent > > You can do it the other way round: remove the file before starting > it, like > > rm ~/.netscape/lock 2> /dev/null > netscape I would consider that a bad idea because it would really make the lockfile totally obsolete. And doesn't stop you starting netscape if another one is still running (more or less) somewhere on your machine.
I think the other way, cleaning up after netscape got killed (even externally) would be the better way. -- Tschoe, Get my gpg-public-key here Jens http://gecius.de/gpg-key.txt
