Re: stuck at Waiting for lock (file '/home/httpd/neutron/mail-archive/.hypermail.lock')

From: Ashley M. Kirchner (ashley@pcraft.com)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 11:09:00 CDT

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Rick Goyette wrote:

> sendmail is stuck at Waiting for lock (file '/home/httpd/neutron/mail-archive/.
> hypermail.lock')
> while trying to run hypermail
> any advise?

    You have a stale lock. You'll have to manually delete it before running
hypermail.

    AMK4

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