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Acornell.109 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!vax135!cornell!pavel Fri Oct 2 12:06:47 1981 Lockfiles Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but what's wrong with the following locking mechanism? It's the one I've always used and never (to my knowledge) had any races: while((lfd = creat(LOCKFILE, 0)) <HR> This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: <P> 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. <BR> 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: <P> <EM>The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright&copy 1981, 1996 <BR> Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.</EM> <P> <HR> <BR>Return to <A HREF="FA.unix-wizards-index.html">FA.unix-wizards index</A> <BR>Return to the <A HREF="../index.html">Usenet Oldnews Archive index</A> </HTML>

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