GNU bug report logs - #1687
Emacs.app -- Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID 537.

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Packages: emacs, ns;

Reported by: "Gilbert Harman" <harman <at> princeton.edu>

Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:20:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Adrian Robert <adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #37 received at 1687 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Relson, David" <david.relson <at> orion-sys.com>
To: <1687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: emacs bug 1687
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:29:29 -0500

Found the cause !!

File c:/user/.emacs.desktop.lock contains the PID in the error message.

Deleting the file makes the warning go away.

I've done some further testing.  With emacs open, the lock file is
created.  If I open a second copy of emacs, the message appears.  

This is a change in behavior.  I used to be able to open multiple copies
of emacs without error messages.

FWIW, due to a hard drive upgrade I have a new installation of emacs
(v22.1.50.10).  Previously I was running v22.1.1
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