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cat /etc/tank/lock
 
cat /etc/tank/lock
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Locked by process 4361
 
Locked by process 4361
  
 
ps 4361
 
ps 4361
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PID TTY      STAT  TIME COMMAND
 
PID TTY      STAT  TIME COMMAND
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4361 pts/0    S+    0:01 manual_tank  
 
4361 pts/0    S+    0:01 manual_tank  
  

Latest revision as of 13:44, 31 July 2012

manual_tank

A basic utility for controlling the scanning tank stages - if you get this error:

Lock file found in /etc/tank/lock Stages previosly locked, look in file for the process id Cannot open stages, quitting

it probably means manual_tank or c_scan is running elsewhere. If there has been a crash or power outage then this could be erroneous - in this case you can check:

cat /etc/tank/lock

Locked by process 4361

ps 4361

PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND

4361 pts/0 S+ 0:01 manual_tank

If there is no running program you can safely delete the lock file.

h for help. The programme is "live" (compared with manual_stage), spacebar aborts movement (very handy - six axes is confusing).