[Info-vax] Problem deleting files locked by another user

[Mikey]

"IanMiller" <gxys at uk2.net> wrote in message 
news:fd533cef-f259-48c2-875c-faab8c74085e at s14g2000vbi.googlegroups.com...
On May 16, 8:32 pm, "Mikey" <mminor... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> We have a lot of files that need to be deleted, but when trying to delete 
> them we get the following message:
>
> %DELETE-W-FILNOTDEL, error deleting 
> SYS$SYSDEVICE:[DSMMGR.HL7_ORDERS.ARCHIVE]20110331234852_12899_1134999076_1.ARC;1-RMS-E-FLK, 
> file currently locked by another user
> I have try set file/unlock but it doesn't seem to unlock them. I suspect 
> that there is an old process hanging around that has the files locked. How 
> do I determine what process has a file locked? If there is no process, how 
> else can the files be unlocked?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Mike

>$ pipe  show device/files/nosys sys$sysdevice: | sear sys$input:
>"20110331234852_12899_1134999076_1.ARC"

>should find the culprit process


Thanks Ian.