Re: fcntl: No locks available (errno = 37)

[Mikko Hänninen]

Roland Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 17 Nov 1999:
> So flock(2) may not be the best idea if you want to access your mail
> via NFS...

Apparently.  IMHO, any incoming mail folders which are accessed over
NFS should be in Maildir format anyway, it's pretty much the only sane
choice.  As this thread quite clearly shows, file locking and NFS don't
really mix.


Mikko
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