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Date:      Sun, 27 Jul 1997 21:08:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Ianny Brankov <bratpit@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't run FTPMail 1.23
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970727210752.6107D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33DB49DF.7A64@hotmail.com>

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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Ianny Brankov wrote:

> Hi,
> I tried to start ftpmail-1.23 program.
> It said 'can't lock xxxx file'.
> I saw it uses a function FLOCK. (I'm not sure about the func name)
> May be I have to change some kernel configuration option to
> allow this function ot work.

flock() is the system advisory file lock system (see flock(2)).  If a lock
attempt is failing, make sure the given file & directory exists and is
readable.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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