On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00:57PM -0500, Calvin Morrison wrote:
> On 12 January 2016 at 11:39, Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:28:42AM -0500, Calvin Morrison wrote:
> >> > Care to clarify the limitations of flock?
> >>
> >> Extensive discussion took place here:
> >> http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1404/20719.html
> >
> > Yes I saw the thread. What is the problem with the current flock
> > implementation?
> >
> > I understand flock is not standardized but every system I know of
> > implements it.
> >
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_locking#Problems
And mkdir() is atomic on NFS? :P
Please explain what problem you are trying to solve that flock(1)
does not satisfy.
Received on Tue Jan 12 2016 - 18:21:00 CET