[MacPerl] flock function

[jb791804@er.uqam.ca (Jean-Philippe Cote)]

I'd like to know if the flock function has been implemented in MacPerl 5
and, if yes is the answer, where I could find decent information on how it
works. I looked at the Perl Manpages and in the MacPerl documentation but
it seemed really cryptic to me especially as for what "operation" it can
perform.

If this function hasn't been implemented in MacPerl, I'd like to know how I
can protect a file from being accessed from more than one script at the
time.

Thanks !

Jean-Philippe Cote

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