> > You can't flock SHARED... that denies everyone (including yourself) > write access to the file. Please review the FileLockEx docs. >
I did. APR_FLOCK_EXCLUSIVE maps to LOCKFILE_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK which locks out all reads and writes. APR_FLOCK_SHARED is what you are calling APR_FLOCK_WRITE (which does not exist) and allows multiple readers but only one writer. Bill