Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:1505 comp.unix.xenix:4251 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!apple!claris!ames!elroy!gryphon!cadovax!ucla-an!remsit!chief!root From: root@chief.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.xenix Subject: SCO mail system Message-ID: <462@chief.UUCP> Date: 20 Dec 88 23:44:27 GMT Organization: Chief Numismatics Inc., Woodland Hills, Ca 91364 Lines: 14 Does anyone know how the people at SCO lock their mail files when they are scanned in by mail? I would like to write a similar one that does not have the shell escape and I cannot figure out what they use as a lock. DO they actually lock it, or do they use a temp file? Thanks, Lance Ellinghouse -- Lance Ellinghouse Chief Numismatics, Inc UUCP: ...!{hermix|srhqla|ucla-an|alphacm}!chief!lance ARPA: ucla-an!hermix!chief!lance@ee.UCLA.EDU