How do I unlock a file ? / SOLVED !

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 07:52 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:

> Hi and how do I address you correctly:
> Smoot or Carl-Mitchell ?

Smoot is fine. That is my middle name.  Carl-Mitchell is my last name.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your efforts and explanations !
> Yes, ls -a showed me that single file with a "dot = hidden" !! ;-)

You are welcome.

> I assumed that, with lock, the file may have a special thumb to keep it
> (b)lock(ed) !?

Possibly, but in most cases Unix or Linux systems do not put hard locks
on files.  Locking is generally advisory.

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