On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:14:21 +0000, Roger Leigh
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>It's almost always a bad idea to use flock() instead of fcntl().
>fnctl() locking is effectively deprecating flock()

I heard it was the other way around.  Please explain ...


>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.

I have no reason to limit my choices to "standards."


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