In the Shared Folders Management Console, most sysadmins are quite familiar with the "Open Files" section, but I've never really felt the need to distinguish between the "Open Mode" column, and Number of Locks ("# Locks").
We're having issues with a particular application and file locks at the moment so I'm questioning it. I don't want to digress into that, just trying to learn the difference between those 2 columns. I've tried googling and not been able to find an answer.
I previously thought that if there were 0 "# Locks", then it was opened read only. But I notice the "Open Mode" can be read, write, or Write+Read. So how can it be opened for writing but not be locked?
I'm guessing it's referring to a specific type of locking but not sure what.