[Memphis.pm] Flock

[Keith W. Sheffield]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Hopkins <mikehopkins_98 at yahoo.com> writes:

> Can any one tell me what
> happens if I use flock( $file,2 ) for an exclusive file lock and my cgi
> program crashes before I can do the flock( $file, 8 ) thing.  I feel
> linux is smart enough to tell the file should be unlocked if the script
> that locked it crashes.

I believe most Unix systems will free the lock when the file is closed, so
it should unlock it.



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