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.
 
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