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

[Angus Gibson]

On 09/06/2009, at 22:24 , Carsten Dominik wrote:

> 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

Simple enough solution, thanks. I think it's a bit weird that it is  
encountering the lock, but I suppose getting rid of the confirmation  
is the easiest step for a completely non-interactive session.

Thanks,
Angus

> 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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