John Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to make some local customizations, and it seemed like a good > idea, while I'm in there, to use flock() instead of fcntl(), if there > are no conflicts.
It's almost always a bad idea to use flock() instead of fcntl(). fnctl() locking is effectively deprecating flock(), and you need a really good reason not to use it in favour of fcntl(). If you look at SUSv3/POSIX, you'll see that fcntl()/lockf() locking is the only standardised form of locking. flock() isn't included in the standard. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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