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From: rkc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (rkc)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: File Locks in csh
Message-ID: <1942@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Date: 17 Jul 90 17:42:35 GMT
Reply-To: rkc@xn.ll.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
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Is there any good way to do file locking inside a csh script?  The only
mechanism I thought of was to create a temporary file to act as a flag until
I'm done messing with the real file.  There must be a more graceful way!

	-Rob