When MHonArc abnormally terminates, then the lock will be automatically released when the flock method is used. A stale lock can still occur under the flock method if for some reason a MHonArc process hangs. In this case, just kill the offending process and the lock will automatically be released. Warnings Warning messages denote some undesired event occurred, but the event is not severe enough to cause program termination. The message is given the current date if no date is found.
Problems can arise if the database file changes in format from different version of MHonArc.
See the release notes of the MHonArc distribution if changes in the databse format will effect older archives. This message can occur if outdir permissions changed during MHonArc execution, the existing dbfile is read-only, or the file system is full. This warning can be severe because no future add operations can be performed to the archive. Make sure footer exists, and is readable by you. Make sure header exists, and is readable by you.