Re: [MacPerl] Flock

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 16.00 -0500 1998.06.09, Alex K Suska wrote:
>In this case, then, does MacPerl "lock" files in any case when opened?
>Certainly, this feature is available in the MacOS since software like BBEdit
>opens files without "locking" them, but Microsoft Word "locks" files when
>opened.  Although it really means "file in use by another application" it
>amounts to the same thing, yes?

I thought I sent a mail on this while on the road, but maybe not.
FSpSetFLock() and FSpRstFLock() in Mac::Files do something similar to
flock().  But the concepts, while similar and able to replace each other
for most uses, are not, IMO (and Matthias' too, apparently) compatible
enough to warrant mapping to flock().

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