At 03:08 PM 7/5/02 +1000, Toby Stuart wrote: >Hi Karen, > ><snip> >use strict; >use warnings; > >use Fcntl qw(:flock); > >open(F,"somefile.txt") || die $!; >flock(F,LOCK_EX); ># do stuff with F >flock(F,LOCK_UN); >close(F); ></snip>
There seems to be a consensus to avoid LOCK_UN, although it will make no difference on newer perls. See http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=slrna444da.20q.mgjv%40verbruggen.comdyn.com.au&output=gplain -- Peter Scott Pacific Systems Design Technologies http://www.perldebugged.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]