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Subject: Re: Official request: Please make GNU grep the default 
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> why would you want to lock a file for reading anyways?

Does current bsdgrep read lock by default ?
If so, it would be better off by default, enabled by an option.
8.0-RELEASE man grep (gnu) does not mention locking.

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Julian
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