Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!david From: david@utzoo.UUCP (David Trueman) Newsgroups: hacknews Subject: spd and lpd now write process id in lock file Message-ID: <3355@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Nov-83 21:03:16 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.3355 Posted: Mon Nov 21 21:03:16 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Nov-83 21:03:16 EST Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 4 The printer daemons now write their process id in the lock file. This makes life easier when a printout needs restarting. The locking mechanism has also been changed to use link(2). This change was also made with an eye toward future flexibility.