Re: rm multiple locks

On 10/12/06, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Brian E. Fox wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to remove multiple locks in a repo? I have about
> > 100 bad locks to get rid of. The svnbook hints at piping the output of
> > lslocls, but I haven't been able to figure it out.
>
> I would simply make a command line loop.
>
> for f in $(svn status | awk '$1=="K"{print$NF}'); do svn unlock $f; done
>
> Bob
>
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But then you have to have a working copy and to catch (possibly) all
the locks you would need a working copy of the root directory! Of
course if you don't have direct access to the repo, then you would
have to do it that way...but in that case you might want to include
the '--force' option, as he does mention that they are "bad" locks.

Troy

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