Also check with Philip Hazel [EMAIL PROTECTED] who has done a significant amount of research on that issue for exim. The locking code in exim is probably the newest, most up to date code I know.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : After all the talk about NFS lockfiles etc, and checking out : Lars's "publib", I decided to write the locking functions : from scratch. Well not totally, it's partially based on the : qpopper locking stuff (which I also wrote). : ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/testing/liblockfile-0.1.tar.gz : I still need to write manpages and documentation, and I need to : debianize the package, but I think the locking functions are OK. : Please check it out and send any comments to the list. : Mike. : -- : | Miquel van Smoorenburg | "I need more space" "Well, why not move to Texas" | : | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "No, on my account, stupid." "Stupid? Uh-oh.." | : | PGP fingerprint: FE 66 52 4F CD 59 A5 36 7F 39 8B 20 F1 D6 74 02 | : -- : TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] . : Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- +++ --- Please always CC me when replying to posts on mailing lists. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .