On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 10:33:56 -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: > Unfortunately, I can think of about 5 different ways of locking a file.
For mail programs, this is standardised within Debian (http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch5.html#s5.5). They use liblockfile, or implement dot locking themselves. Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan