MySQL itself doesn't require file locking. Infact there is an option
to turn it off. --skip-external-locking that disables using the
flock() system call. Just watch out
that you don't accidently start two mysqlds on the same datadir.
-Eric
On 24 Jun 2004 13:42:33 -0700, Shelly Zhang
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Does mysql 4 require file locking? I'm not talking about in the
database -- I know how to lock and unlock tables for data consistency.
I'm referring to the filesystem that the data lives on.
For reasons too boring to go in to, I have a mysql server and I'm keeping
the database files (i.e., the va
