Hello, It's locked to preserve the sanity of the file. You probably can not modify the file in two or more instances simultaneously
Regard's Pomnar Ashok --- In [email protected], "Saifi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all: > > There is a zero byte lock file in /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory > of a system running Kubuntu 6.10 on x86. > > What is the purpose of this lock file ? > > thanks > Saifi. >
