Locked Files: Error in change specification

Occasionally you might run into a VersIC error like the below and the cells you're trying to checkin to Perforce remain in the Modified tab of the Manage Checkouts form 

This indicates that the files you're trying check in are not opened for edit in Perforce. This is usually due to them having locked status after a previous failed p4 submit with Perforce requiring you to unlock the files and determine what caused the original failure. Perforce is fully atomic in its submit operations and if any of the component files in the changelist have problems the entire changelist is held in a Pending state and the files locked.

To resolve this first changedir to the locked cellview directory and unlock the files using:

Unix> cd $VSC_WORKDIR/DXcell_behavioral/behav_SD/symbol
Unix> p4 unlock ...

Then try to submit these cells again

Unix> p4 submit ...

If you get an error like

 Files already submitted as part of changelist 9129

then you just need to resubmit that changelist from the commandline using:

Unix> p4 submit -c 9129