Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:39:15 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: green@zone.baldcom.net (Brian Feldman), mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: flock(2) problem & fix Message-ID: <199808010339.UAA26788@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Aug 1998 03:02:55 -0000." <199808010302.UAA06065@usr06.primenet.com>
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>Anyway, suffice to say, I think exclusive locking a file without the >intention *or possibility* of writing is an "ok thing to do". For what it's worth, I agree. I also asked Kirk McKusick, the author of the advisory locking code, and he thinks similarly. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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