Here is the relevant output<br><br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">cassandra:~/projects/wc/wfs/trunk/python/indexd</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
>delve --version</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">delve - xapian-core 0.9.5</span><br><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">cassandra:~/projects/wc/wfs/trunk/python/indexd
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">>whack /index/wfs/</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
cassandra:~/projects/wc/wfs/trunk/python/indexd</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">>twistd -noy indexd.tac </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] Log opened.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] twistd
2.2.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.4.1) starting up</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] reactor class: twisted.internet.selectreactor.SelectReactor
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] Loading indexd.tac...</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] Loaded.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] __builtin__.IndexerFactoryFromService starting on 9000</span>
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] Starting factory <__builtin__.IndexerFactoryFromService instance at 0x5259e0></span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:18 EDT [-] Start Xapian Index Service</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">^C2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Received SIGINT, shutting down.
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Stopping Xapian Indexer Service</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] (Port 9000 Closed)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Stopping factory <__builtin__.IndexerFactoryFromService instance at 0x5259e0>
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Main loop terminated.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Server Shut Down.</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">cassandra:~/projects/wc/wfs/trunk/python/indexd</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">>twistd -noy indexd.tac </span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Log opened.</span>
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] twistd 2.2.0 (/usr/bin/python 2.4.1) starting up</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] reactor class: twisted.internet.selectreactor.SelectReactor</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Loading indexd.tac...</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Traceback (most recent call last):</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 159, in getApplication
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 301, in loadApplication
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 208, in loadValueFromFile
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] exec fileObj in d, d</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] File "indexd.tac", line 157, in ?</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] i = XapianIndexerService('/wfs/', '/index/wfs/')
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] File "indexd.tac", line 99, in __init__</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] self.db = xapian.WritableDatabase(indexRoot, xapian.DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xapian.py", line 433, in __init__</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] _xapian.WritableDatabase_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_WritableDatabase(*args))</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] IOError: DatabaseLockError: Unable to acquire database write lock /index/wfs//db_lock
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Failed to load application: DatabaseLockError: Unable to acquire database write lock /index/wfs//db_lock
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-] Traceback (most recent call last):</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
File "/usr/bin/twistd", line 25, in ?</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> run()</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 205, in run</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> app.run(runApp, ServerOptions)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 278, in run
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> runApp(config)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 195, in runApp</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
application = app.getApplication(config, passphrase)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> --- <exception caught here> ---</span>
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py", line 159, in getApplication
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py", line 301, in loadApplication</span>
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py", line 208, in loadValueFromFile</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> exec fileObj in d, d</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "indexd.tac", line 157, in ?
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> i = XapianIndexerService('/wfs/', '/index/wfs/')</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
File "indexd.tac", line 99, in __init__</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> self.db = xapian.WritableDatabase(indexRoot,
xapian.DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN)</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xapian.py", line 433, in __init__
</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> _xapian.WritableDatabase_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_WritableDatabase(*args))</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"> exceptions.IOError: DatabaseLockError: Unable to acquire database write lock /index/wfs//db_lock</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Failed to load application: DatabaseLockError: Unable to acquire database write lock /index/wfs//db_lock</span><br style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">
<span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">2006/05/03 11:19 EDT [-]</span><br>