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From: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: lockf(3c) safety
Message-ID: <1990Jul27.153349.4142@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Date: 27 Jul 90 15:33:49 GMT
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 I want to use lockf but my experience with other systems (non-UNIX) is that
a lock flag can by way of some hiccup stay on long after the process holding
the lock is a memory. Has anyone had this kind of a problem on UNIX?
-- 
Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
Analyst/Programmer         2121 N. Service Rd.
phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca     Dorval,Quebec
Environment Canada         CANADA           H9P1J3