On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:34:11 -0600 Mike Blezien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that was my original plan, but I though there maybe a better way > others may use or suggest :) > > Appreciate the feedback, If you are running this on a Unix/Linux system check out perldoc -f flock. It enables advisory file locking. It avoids the complexity of doing file locking by creating sentinel files using the standard Unix atomic open semantics. There are some serious race condition problems with that approach. The information in the perl manual for flock contains an example mailbox locking routine which explains how to use flock to grant exclusive access to a file. -- Smoot Carl-Mitchell Systems/Network Architect email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: +1 602 421 9005 home: +1 480 922 7313 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
