ERROR when downloading SRTM files

[tommylees112]

(crp) chri4118@linux8:/soge-home/projects/crop_yield/ml_drought/scripts$ python export.py
The SRTM exporter requires GDAL and the elevation python package. The mac conda environment contains them.In addition, a (finnicky) ubuntu environment contains them in environment.ubuntu.cpu.gdal.yml
Downloading tiles. Saving as tif to ../data/raw/srtm/kenya.tif
Unable to acquire lock on `b'/soge-home/users/chri4118/.cache/elevation/SRTM3/.folder_lock'` due to [Errno 38] Function not implemented
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/process_lock.py", line 99, in _try_acquire
    self.trylock()
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/process_lock.py", line 217, in trylock
    self._trylock(self.lockfile)
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/process_lock.py", line 250, in _trylock
    fcntl.lockf(lockfile, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
OSError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "export.py", line 83, in <module>
    export_srtm()
  File "export.py", line 74, in export_srtm
    exporter.export()
  File "../src/exporters/srtm.py", line 77, in export
    elevation.clean()  # type: ignore
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/elevation/datasource.py", line 201, in clean
    datasource_root, _ = ensure_setup(cache_dir, product)
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/elevation/datasource.py", line 122, in ensure_setup
    util.ensure_setup(datasource_root, product=product, force=force, **spec)
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/elevation/util.py", line 69, in ensure_setup
    with fasteners.InterProcessLock(os.path.join(root, FOLDER_LOCKFILE_NAME)):
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/process_lock.py", line 179, in __enter__
    gotten = self.acquire()
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/process_lock.py", line 161, in acquire
    gotten = r(self._try_acquire, blocking, watch)
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/_utils.py", line 121, in __call__
    return fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/soge-home/users/chri4118/.conda/envs/crp/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fasteners/process_lock.py", line 112, in _try_acquire
    'exception': e,
RuntimeError: Unable to acquire lock on `b'/soge-home/users/chri4118/.cache/elevation/SRTM1/.folder_lock'` due to [Errno 38] Function not implemented

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