Apurdue.172
net.unix-wizards
utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!purdue!cak
Fri Jan 29 22:03:40 1982
Re: file locking problem
We've been through this before, it seems -- the easiest way is to try
to create a link to a known file with the desired name. Then if
the link fails, you know it already exists; if it succeeds, you've
got it.