What is LOCK and how to live with it?

[Serge Smirnov]

Dear CVS-men,

I was trying to commit a newer version of a binary file
(SarcinaAnnotation.xls) but apparently did not succeed.
The Lock appears to block the commit attempt.
Would you please take a look at the msg and if possible suggest the
remedy?

1:36pm address@hidden ~/website/annotatorWeb/docs > cvs commit
SarcinaAnnotation.xls

Checking in SarcinaAnnotation.xls;
/seq/software/src/Annotation/cvsroot/website/annotatorWeb/docs/SarcinaAnnotation.xls,v

<--  SarcinaAnnotation.xls
new revision: 1.18; previous revision: 1.17
cvs [commit aborted]: could not open lock file
`/seq/software/src/Annotation/cvsroot/website/annotatorWeb/docs/,SarcinaAnnotation.xls,':

File exists

What file(s) should I modify/erase/add in/from/to the repository in
order to be able to commit this bin file?

Thank you very much,
Serge

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