Ian Balchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Why should i, or why should I not, use the trailing : in the first > line of a procmail recipe? > > I know this is to do with a lockfile, but do not understand the whys > and wherefores of same.
http://www.iki.fi/era/procmail/mini-faq.html Take a look at the section headed "Explain file-locking please" hth Glyn -- ************************************************** * Here we are then....... * * http://members.tripod.co.uk/Christchurch2000uk * **************************************************