Macperl file locking (was:Re: [MacPerl] IO:: problems)

[David Turley <dturley@illuminet.net>]

Chris Nandor wrote:

> Shouldn't.  So long as you aren't writing to the file in either case, or
> lock it, then there should be no problem.  Perl doesn't care who else is
> doing what with which file.  It is your responsibility to make sure you get
> an exclusive lock (or the MacOS equivalent) if you want it.

Could Chris or somebody please explain exactly what the Macperl
equivilent to flock() is?

Thanks,

David
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