Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:20:25 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: julian@whistle.com, eng@alpo.whistle.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flock/sendmail stuffup Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.93.961002091928.1243B-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199610011800.LAA02000@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > 8-). Already there. flock uses an advisory range lock on the entire > > > file -- that's how it operates: it's a simplified special case of fcntl() > > > locking. > > > > flock also has better semantics. I think fcntl() still releases all locks > > when any one process closes the file. > > I will have to check it. If it does, it is in error. Locks must be I think Posix also adopted it's bogosity, because too many vendors complained. Regards, Mike Hancock
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