locking process on monitor

[Angus Carr]

This is a common one on my machine. Whenever GRASS is quit abnormally, the
lock file remains.

All you need to do is delete thefile. I have added that to my grass4.1
script, along with a .tmp file remover. It seems to work much better now.

On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Teresa Salyer wrote:

> When I type d.mon start=x0 it brings up the x0 monitor ,but says  
> Error: could not complete locking process for monitor (x0)
> Lock File is /gis/pgm/grass414/locks/guernsey/mon.279401