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clarify file locking with regard to collaborative editing

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Carla Schroder
2016-01-19 15:49:38 -08:00
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@@ -16,12 +16,19 @@ file corruption during normal operation. It performs these functions:
* Manages locks correctly on external storage mounts
* Manages encrypted files correctly
.. note:: Transactional file locking is in core, and replaces the old File
Locking app. The File Locking app has been removed from ownCloud in version
8.2.1. If your ownCloud server still has the File Locking app, you must
visit your Apps page to verify that it is disabled; the File Locking app and
Transactional File Locking cannot both operate at the same time.
What Transactional File locking is not for: it is not for preventing collisions
in collaborative document editing (see
:doc:`collaborative_documents_configuration` to learn about collaboration).
Multiple users can open and edit a document at the same time and Transactional
File locking does not prevent this. Rather, it prevents simultaneous file
saving.
.. note:: Transactional file locking is in ownCloud core, and replaces the old
File Locking app. The File Locking app has been removed from ownCloud in
version 8.2.1. If your ownCloud server still has the File Locking app, you
must visit your Apps page to verify that it is disabled; the File Locking
app and Transactional File Locking cannot both operate at the same time.
When you see the warning on your ownCloud admin page "Transactional file locking
is using the database as locking backend, for best performance it's advised to
configure a memcache for locking", you are not required to use a memcache. File