I'm noticing in cloud 7.1 systems that the data file used in a file connection can be locked somehow, and therefore cannot be updated. Here's a transcript of an FTP session (in FileZilla) to the data directory. The destination directory already contains "File_Connection_1.csv" which now needs to be updated with new information. (Actual path names are redacted - "unique_directory_characters" replaces the actual string of characters for this cloud system.)
Status: Starting upload of /path/to/document/File_Connection_1.csv
Command: CWD /unique_directory_characters/data
Response: 250 OK. Current directory is /unique_directory_characters/data
Command: TYPE I
Response: 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command: PASV
Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (40,122,29,90,157,205)
Command: STOR File_Connection_1.csv
Response: 553 Can't open that file: Device or resource busy
Error: Critical file transfer error
I think I locked this file when I was double-checking the columns for the file connection in the Administration tool, but the lock is still in place for quite a long time, it's been more than 4 hours now. How can I get this lock to be released?
The only alternative seems to be create a new autoindex job pointing to a new file connection using a renamed copy of this updated file. I have done this as a workaround in the systems where this is happening, so there is no currently open or waiting issue.
Two questions:
- Is this the expected behavior?
- How long is this file lock supposed to exist?
Thanks,
Nate