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From: Michael Geffon <aaa94220@pop11.odn.ne.jp>
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Subject: CGI Threading & File Locking
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Hi,

Can anyone tell me if I need to worry about locking a file used by a
MacPerl CGI script to record submitted form data? No other apps will be
attempting concurrent access.
I've been struggling to determine how people handle locking without an
implementation of flock() on the Mac, but then it hit me that if the
requests are processed sequentially and not concurrently this becomes a non-issue.

Even if I don't have to worry about it in this case, how _do_ I lock a
file under the MacOS should the need arise? There was some discussion on
the list archives about it, but I didn't see a clear answer. Is there an
accepted best practice for exclusive file locking on the Mac?

Thanks!
Michael

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