Re: dist and accept not synchronized anymore

At 09:15 -0400 12 Apr 2001, Charlie Summers <charlie@lofcom.com> wrote:

problem using touch over lockfile (indeed, for this, no lock file is really required, since AFAIK nothing in SmartList works directly with accept anyway).

Forgot to mention this in my previous message. Since touch will succeed whether or not the lockfile had already existed, it may have been created by some other action. The lockfile created by that other command may then be removed before the action is finished, possibly allowing multiple simultaneous commands that do make modifications to the list. -- Aaron Schrab aaron@schrab.com http://www.execpc.com/~aarons/ It should be illegal to yell "Y2K" in a crowded economy. :-) -- Larry Wall