> This could be cleaned up rather dramatically if we were to use one of > the file locking primitives supplied by the OS to grab an exclusive > lock on the file, ... > ... > The first question for the group is: is it worth doing that?
In the past it has been proposed and declined -- there is some stuff in the archives. While it would be beneficial to installations using local data it would introduce new failure modes for installations using NFS. Regards, Giles ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
