On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 03:04:59PM -0400, David Combs wrote: > Inadvertently starting up a 2nd (3rd, 4th) lynx > is sure easy to do -- I just now realized that > I had two of them running, and didn't mean to. > > Well, what's *wrong* with having more than > one lynx process -- when one has NOT intended to? > > Just off the top of my head: > > (1) During each's run, he adds a bookmark. > > (probably ok -- doesn't lynx immediately > write out a new lynx_bookmarks.html, right then?) > > But won't the other lynx *never* see it?
no it won't - because lynx doesn't use file-locking. That's doable for most Unix systems (not reliable across NFS I gather), but not for VMS or DOS. -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
