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4<title>MHonArc Resources: FORCE</title>
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12<h1>FORCE</h1>
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16<h2>Syntax</h2>
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19
20<dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt>
21<dd><p>N/A
22</p>
23</dd>
24
25<dt><strong>Element</strong></dt>
26<dd><p>N/A
27</p>
28</dd>
29
30<dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt>
31<dd><p>
32<code>-force</code>
33</p>
34</dd>
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40<h2>Description</h2>
41
42<p>FORCE causes MHonArc to override the lock on
43the archive and perform the operations requested.
44</p>
45
46<p>When MHonArc processes an archive, it locks the
47archive so other MHonArc processes do not try
48to modify the archive at the same time. However, if
49MHonArc abnormally terminates, the lock may not
50be released, causing all future MHonArc processes
51to fail in performing any archive operations. If
52you get a message from MHonArc that it cannot
53lock an archive, and you know the archive is not in use
54by another MHonArc process, use the FORCE resource.
55</p>
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59<td><strong>NOTE</strong></td>
60<td><p>The alternative approach is to manually remove the
61lockfile (see <a href="lockfile.html">LOCKFILE</a>).
62</p>
63</td>
64</tr>
65</table>
66
67<p>The FORCE option should be used with care to avoid
68archive corruption. FORCE is active only for the current
69MHonArc process.
70</p>
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74<td><strong><font color="red">WARNING</font></strong></td>
75<td><p>Having two, or more, MHonArc processes
76processing the same archive with FORCE enabled can lead to
77archive corruption.
78</p>
79</td>
80</tr>
81</table>
82
83<p>MHonArc will still try to perform a normal lock before forcing the issue.
84</p>
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88<h2>Default Setting</h2>
89
90<p>N/A
91</p>
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95<h2>Resource Variables</h2>
96
97<p>N/A
98</p>
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102<h2>Examples</h2>
103
104<p>None.
105</p>
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109<h2>Version</h2>
110
111<p>1.2.2
112</p>
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116<h2>See Also</h2>
117
118<p>
119<a href="lockdelay.html">LOCKDELAY</a>,
120<a href="lockfile.html">LOCKFILE</a>,
121<a href="locktries.html">LOCKTRIES</a>
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131<address>
132$Date: 2002/07/27 05:13:10 $ <br>
133<img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt="">
134<a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/"
135><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br>
136Copyright &#169; 1997-1998, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/"
137>Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc@mhonarc.org"
138>mhonarc@mhonarc.org</a><br>
139</address>
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