Re: [Orgmode] org-batch-agenda lock problem

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Angus Gibson wrote:

> I am a recent convert to org-mode, and the ability to export the  
> agenda is very useful. Currently I have a script that runs every 10  
> seconds or so that calls:
> emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(org-batch-agenda "a" org-agenda- 
> ndays 1)' 2>/dev/null
The following may or may not work, depending on what happens in non- 
interactive emacs sessions when a lock is encountered.  Maybe this  
would work?
emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(progn (defun ask-user-about-lock  
(&rest args) nil) (org-batch-agenda "a" org-agenda-ndays 1))' 2>/dev/ 
null

or

emacs -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(progn (defun file-locked-p (&rest  
args) nil) (org-batch-agenda "a" org-agenda-ndays 1))' 2>/dev/null

These are bad hacks, but should be OK sice creating an agenda should  
not modify any file buffers...
- Carsten




> In order to put the agenda items on my desktop. This works fine,  
> until I start to edit the org file. From what I have gathered, this  
> causes a lock to be placed, and org-batch-agenda has a collision  
> with this lock, resulting in no output because it's trying to output  
> the message about resolving the collision. Obviously this isn't very  
> useful, so I was wondering why org-batch-agenda would have to modify  
> the file, or possibly the easiest way to resolve this (I'm not  
> amazing with Emacs).
> Thanks,
> Angus
>
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