Specifying the Wait Time for a File Lock| Teradata Parallel Transporter - Specifying the Wait Time for a File Lock - Parallel Transporter

Teradata® Parallel Transporter User Guide - 17.20
Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Lake
Product
Parallel Transporter
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
ft:locale
en-US
ft:lastEdition
2025-11-21
dita:mapPath
uzp1645128359760.ditamap
dita:ditavalPath
tvt1507315030722.ditaval
dita:id
yok1478610767644
Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities

Setting FileLockWaitLimit, a configuration directive added to the Teradata PT global configuration file, twbcfg.ini, to any positive integer specifies the number of seconds Teradata PT jobs wait to obtain a file lock. Below is an example twbcfg.ini with the new directive:

CheckpointDirectory='/opt/teradata/client/16.20/tbuild/checkpoint'
LogDirectory='/opt/teradata/client/16.20/tbuild/logs'
FileLockWaitLimit='30'

If a job cannot acquire the file lock within the wait limit time, the job terminates.

If FileLockWaitLimit is not set, the default wait limit is five seconds.

See Setting Up Configuration Files.