John,
That's the point of Larry's reply (to get past the failed rlock), the rlock() function will try indefinately (stuck on that line), unless you change the number of retrys...
>thanx for the reply guys, but the user isn't even getting into the loop to see the message about the lock. the system is 'waiting' even before they get there and there is no system message of any sort either.
john
-michael
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