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S.Rider
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‎12-02-2007 01:20 PM

‎12-02-2007 01:20 PM

swremove - target in use

I had a swinstall that abended and didn't clean up after itself. Now swremove says the taget is in use. Where's the lock file that I can rm and get going again ?
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James R. Ferguson
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‎12-02-2007 01:34 PM

‎12-02-2007 01:34 PM

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Re: swremove - target in use

Hi:

Look for, and remove, '/var/adm/sw/products/swlock'.

Regards!

...JRF...
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S.Rider
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‎12-02-2007 02:40 PM

‎12-02-2007 02:40 PM

Re: swremove - target in use

that did it - thanks.
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Jeeshan
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‎12-04-2007 04:31 AM

‎12-04-2007 04:31 AM

Re: swremove - target in use

the software u want to remove is in use
first identify this
then remove

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