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Parameters

Command Qualifiers

Examples

/CONFIRM

/LOG

HELP UNLOCK — VMS 4.6

  Makes accessible a file that became  inaccessible  as  a  result  of
  being improperly closed.

  Format:


    UNLOCK  file-spec[,...]

Additional information available:

ParametersCommand QualifiersExamples

Parameters

 file-spec[,...]

  Specifies one or more files to be unlocked.  If you include  two  or
  more  file  specifications, separate them with either commas or plus
  signs.

  Wildcard characters are allowed in the file specifications.

Command Qualifiers

Additional information available:

/CONFIRM/LOG

/CONFIRM

 /CONFIRM
 /NOCONFIRM (default)

  Controls whether the UNLOCK command displays the file  specification
  of  each  file  before unlocking it, so that you can confirm whether
  the file should be unlocked.  If you specify the /CONFIRM qualifier,
  you must respond to its prompt with a Y (YES) or a T (TRUE) and then
  press RETURN so that the UNLOCK command can unlock the file.  If you
  enter anything else, such as N or NO, the file is not unlocked.

/LOG

 /LOG
 /NOLOG (default)

  Controls whether the UNLOCK command displays the file  specification
  of each file that it has unlocked.

Examples

  1.   $ TYPE TST.OUT
       %TYPE-E-OPENIN, error opening  DISK1:[STEVE]TST.OUT;3 as input
       -SYSTEM-W-FILELOCKED, file is deaccess locked
       $ UNLOCK TST.OUT
       $ TYPE TST.OUT

  The request to type the output file TST.OUT returns an error message
  indicating  that the file is locked.  The UNLOCK command unlocks it.
  Then the TYPE command is reissued to display  the  contents  of  the
  file.

  2.   $ UNLOCK NODE3::DISK0:[LISTS]MAILLIST3.LIS
       $ COPY NODE3::DISK0:[LISTS]MAILLIST3.LIS *.*

  You need a copy of the file MAILLIST3.list which is locked on remote
  NODE3.   Issue  the  UNLOCK  command first and then copy the file to
  your current node, disk, and directory.

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