Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:35:27 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (Andrey A. Chernov) <ache@nagual.ru> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [ELM 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] - folder is corrupt! Message-ID: <199608301035.OAA00606@nagual.ru> In-Reply-To: <199608300536.HAA27731@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at "Aug 30, 96 07:36:40 am"
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> As [?KOI8-R?] wrote: > > > Sendmail and Elm both use flock(). > > Procmail use fcntl(), but I just change it to flock() too. > > fcntl() on the entire file is identical to flock() -- they use the > same functions internally. No, you lose your fcntl lock on any close of the file, so you can't fcntl lock passwd then use getpw*() functions, read man fcntl for more info. fcntl lock treated as depriciated in BSD. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.ru> http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/
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