Brilliant, that was it. Thank you Brian! [And I'm sorry I forgot to say] I'm using Ubuntu, OOffice 3.0.1. Cheers!
Elliot Brian Barker escreveu: > At 21:27 25/05/2009 +0100, Elliot Orwells wrote: >> I have this oocalc file which now only opens in read-only mode (and >> isn't supposed to). If I copy it somewhere else in the same >> filesystem however, it opens normally (which means, nothing is wrong >> in the oocalc file settings). If I change its name, it opens >> normally. It's not an issue of file ownership/permissions, I've tried >> all chmod permissions and I "own" all the directories. In fact all >> oocalc files in the same directory open fine. > > This is very much a guess (and you don't say what version of > OpenOffice or what operating system you are using), but do you have a > rogue lock file? Recent versions of OpenOffice (all of version 3, I > think) attempt to avoid update races by creating a lock file in same > directory as the document itself. On my Windows system, this is > called .~lock<filename># and is a hidden file. Is it possible that > your copy of OpenOffice fell over at some point whilst you were > editing the document and the lock file was not deleted? It would make > sense for any subsequent attempt to open the file in these > circumstances to result in OpenOffice allowing you read access alone. > > If this were the case, you would expect the two facts that you have > noticed: other files in the same directory behave normally, and this > file behaves normally if you copy it (but not its companion lock file) > elsewhere. Deleting such a lock file may solve your problem. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
