Geo Carncross wrote:
Be careful doing non-atomic things during signals. Since the signal will likely have to write to a fifo anyway, it may be better to simply select () on that fifo in the first-place...
SELECT mtime FROM dbmail_mailboxes WHERE mailbox_idnr='%llu'; seems pretty atomic to me. No need for fifos at all. -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] NET FACILITIES GROUP PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl