OA>> I'll think about, but I don't think I'll change from semaphores just yet.
OA>> I don't like the idea of creating temp files for locks, and I can't lock
Actually, cleaning temp file is by far easier than cleaning semaphore.
Especially if your app can be killed any moment.
OA>> against an existing file, since I sometimes need to create several
OA>> different locks in the same application, and w/o creating files, this
OA>> mechanism would need to be way too complicated.
Why? Create one file and lock bytes 1, 2 and 3. BTW, semaphores are much
more scarce resource than files - they are system-wide and defaults are
pretty low on them.
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