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Date:      Wed, 5 Jul 1995 14:57:31 +0200
From:      "Julian Stacey <jhs@freebsd.org>" <jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-current users), joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn), core@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc and "rm -f /var/spool/lock/*" 
Message-ID:  <199507051257.OAA01902@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jul 1995 11:08:53 %2B0200." <199507030908.LAA03564@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
> Lock files suck.  They should not be used at all, and the only client
> that really needs them right now is mgetty.

My /var/spool/fax/etc/config.ttyd1 (for hylafax) has:
	UUCPLockDir     /var/spool/lock # jhs added this after seeing where kermit created a lock.
I haven't got round to checking if I need it.

Julian S	jhs@freefall




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