Subj : massive confusion on file locks
To   : Digital Man
From : candycane
Date : Fri Aug 11 2023 12:03 am

  Re: massive confusion on file locks
  By: Digital Man to candycane on Thu Aug 10 2023 01:23 pm

 DM> Yes, that is what is meant by this line from the man page for flock():
 DM> A call to flock() may block if an incompatible lock is held by another
 DM> process. To make a nonblocking request, include
 DM> LOCK_NB (by ORing) with any of the above operations.

Alright, sorry ^^". I've never worked with file locks before.

candycane

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