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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:29:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        dave@gregory.dyn.ml.org
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mailbox locking in pine
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807281327360.21490-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980727193044.2085A-100000@gregory.dyn.ml.org>

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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 dave@gregory.dyn.ml.org wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> Quick question. How does pine lock a mailbox? I have searched high and low
> for a lock file, but have found none. (Supposed to be
> /tmp/.\usr\spool\mail\xxxx or so the man page would have me believe). At
> any rate, I keep getting 'Can't open mailbox lock' messages. 

I think it just dumps a .######.## file in /tmp.  I'm looking there at
the moment and I have ownership of one.  The other sysadmin is running
pine and not surprisingly has ownership of another such file.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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