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Subject: Re: path truncation quest
Summary: lock mechanism sought
Keywords: path,truncation
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.020236.16244@convex.com>
Date: 21 Mar 91 02:02:36 GMT
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Does anybody have a mechanism for semaphoring exclusive access to
multiple instances of a perl script (for the purpose of accessing files
and directories). I especially desire a mechanism without race conditions
(using Test-And-Set type features of someone's hardware). Thanks! tim_