A S Hodel wrote:
I've been attempting to use LyX on a G4 iCube (Mac OS X 10.3.9). I
regularly get dialog windows with messages like:
Could not remove the temporary directory
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir24268OWp5HN/lyx_tmpbuf0
I've checked the /tmp directory: the folder in question is there, and
permissions are appropriately set, so I'm at a loss as to why this
error occurs.
Hodel-iCube:/tmp/lyx_tmpdir24268OWp5HN hodelas$ ls -lRa
.:
total 0
drwx------ 4 hodelas wheel 136 Aug 16 09:26 .
drwxrwxrwt 14 root wheel 476 Aug 16 09:26 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 hodelas wheel 68 Aug 16 09:26 lyx_tmpbuf0
srwxr-xr-x 1 hodelas wheel 0 Aug 16 09:26 lyxsocket
./lyx_tmpbuf0:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 hodelas wheel 68 Aug 16 09:26 .
drwx------ 4 hodelas wheel 136 Aug 16 09:26 ..
When I get this error, it's usually because I'm exiting LyX (or perhaps
closing a document) while I still have yap or Acrobat Reader viewing the
document. So the temporary document file (.dvi or .pdf) can't be
deleted because the viewer has it locked, which means the folder can't
be deleted.
Your directory listing shows the temp directory empty, so if you did the
listing right after getting the error message (without exiting a viewer,
closing LyX, etc.) then that's not the explanation.
/Paul
