Re: [Perl-unix-users] DBM functionality via tie & untie

2001-10-03 Thread Jenda Krynicky
> I'm using 'tie' & 'untie' in manipulating DBM files for IPC > (Inter-Process Communication). > I know I have to implement a 'locking' strategy to ensure not to > corrupt my DBM files. Use DB_file with one of it's wrappers. There you already have the locking done for you. And right. Jenda ==

[Perl-unix-users] DBM functionality via tie & untie

2001-10-03 Thread david . b . deline
I'm using 'tie' & 'untie' in manipulating DBM files for IPC (Inter-Process Communication). I know I have to implement a 'locking' strategy to ensure not to corrupt my DBM files. 1) If I 'tie' to the same DBM file in each of my processes do I ever need to 'tie' again with in each process...? I'm