... an index opened for writing, but not closed successfully (process died, threw a runtime exception, etc.)
you might want to check the log(s) for your indexing process and see what failed. in order to write, just delete the lockfile... (sorry not so verbose - busy, busy :) -doug > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Outar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:22 AM > To: Lucene Users List > Subject: write.lock file > > > Hello all, > > This is the first time I have encountered this in 3 > months of testing, the > above file got created, not sure how or when, but every time > I try to write > to the index I get an IOException about the indexing being > locked. It is > obviously due to that file but what would cause that lock to > get created and > not removed? > > Let me know. > > Thanks, > > Rob > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >