Every now and then when I startup my Mac rainlendar bugs me with the message that an instance of rainlendar seems to be running (while it is not) and asks me if I want to start another instance. Since it is not the case I have to remove the file "/Users/user/.config/.rainlendar2/rainlendar2-user". And this fixes the problem, however usually not for long. It's a really annoying bug, any chance it will get fixed soon? Or is there anything else I can do to fix this. I'm running rainlendar 2.6 on Mac OSX Leopard (and now Snow Leopard with the same problem still)

For what it's worth, this also happens with Ubuntu Linux.

The file should be removed when Rainlendar quits but if the process is terminated forcefully (e.g. by the OS on shutdown) it is possible that the file is left behind and Rainlendar assumes that another instance is already running when it is started again. You can use the -m command line switch to make Rainlendar ignore the multiple instance check.

Rainy said: "You can use the -m command line switch to make Rainlendar ignore the multiple instance check"

Could you elaborate on how to do this? I don't know what this command line switch is

You would have to start Rainlendar from the terminal if you want to use the command line arguments. Here's how you can start it:

/Applications/Rainlendar2-Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Rainlendar2-Pro -m

Please excuse if my english is not so good. For Ubuntu Linux can solve the problem by making an entry in the /etc/rc.local.



"user" is to replace it with your own username. Through this entry, the file is deleted at each shutdown, if it still exists.