Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: lockfile type locks Message-ID: <2699D97F.EF5@tct.uucp> Date: 10 Jul 90 13:34:54 GMT References: <1990Jul5.145451.28108@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: ComDev/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 10 According to les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell): >Looking at the code for a mailer that uses lockfiles (/usr/mail/logname.lock) >to obtain exclusive access to the mail file I've become convinced that >there is *no* robust way to detect and delete lockfiles that have been >accidentally left in place. That's about the size of it. If you want robustness, kernel locking is the only way to go. -- Chip Salzenberg at ComDev/TCT ,