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From: jhoward@helps.cactus.org (James Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix Help ? MapChan : Shell Layers : Backup : File Locking
Summary: sccs
Keywords: lock edit vi sccs
Message-ID: <216@helps.cactus.org>
Date: 8 Jun 89 23:52:29 GMT
References: <1169@cheops.eecs.unsw.oz>
Reply-To: jhoward@helps.cactus.org (James Howard)
Organization: Howard Electronic Laboratories Products & Services, Austin, TX
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in article <1169@cheops.eecs.unsw.oz>, ashley@cheops.eecs.unsw.oz (Ashley M. Aitken) says:
>...
> File "Locking":
> 
> I would like to lock a file while someone is editing it, that is,
> if  someone edits a file then it is not possible for someone else
> to edit (ie attempt to change) that file. The  point  being  that
> only one of the edits could survive. Normal file locking does not
>...

Wouldn't sccs be the best way to do this?

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James Howard AA5R     Howard Electronic Laboratories Products & Services
                      jhoward@helps.cactus.org  or  bigtex!helps!jhoward