Re: Dotlock vs Kernel lock
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 10:33:56 -0400, Carl Mummert wrote:
> Unfortunately, I can think of about 5 different ways of locking a file.
For mail programs, this is standardised within Debian
(http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch5.html#s5.5). They use
liblockfile, or implement dot locking themselves.
Ray
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