-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I've got a problem with locking when using Ghostview to display postscript files on the server. I'm modifying the files through my unix a/c and displaying them on my pc via samba with ghostview. I had a look at the faqs which told me that this wasn't a very good idea. However, it would make my life a bit easier if I could do it. My problem is that when I modify the file on the server I can't view the modified file on my pc until some time later (basically, until the lock has been released), even if I kill ghostview and start it again. I had a look at the locking info (via smbstatus) and I found that when I open the file for viewing with ghostview the postscript file is locked. When I kill ghostview, however, the lock is not released. This is in contrast to what happens when I open (for example) an excel file on the server. In that case, a lock is created and when I close the file, the lock is released immediately. Hence, I think ghostview is at fault. So, my questions are 1) is ghostview at fault? 2) if so, how can ghostview be modified to ensure that the file open and close operations create and release the locks properly? 3) if ghostview is not at fault, what is likely to be the problem? TIA, Sean. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 5.5.5 -- QDPGP 2.12 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBNsmE9j/TsJ/hlBozEQL+CwCgjZCuL324ibepS6c7WDbTFEzc1ogAn1L4 RGIBNNRSPvFhBEl2nnra3C3U =ViWy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----- Sean Murphy, Phone: +353-1-7045080 Teltec Ireland, Fax: +353-1-7045092 DCU, Dublin 9, email: s.murphy@teltec.dcu.ie Ireland.