RDWest writes ..
> i just joined the list. i've been fooling with perl scripts for a
>few months now. just installing and editing html output mainly... now
>i'm studying a coupkle books to write my own (i hope)
>
>question: i've seen a couple post in some forums about creating a temp
>file for a lock on win32(i know win32 doesn't support FLOCK)
>
>these post had a couple of contradictions about them...
>
>does anyone know a stable way to lock a file on win32?
the term "Win32" that you use isn't specific enough .. flock is buggy on
Win9x .. but works perfectly on WinNT
use Fcntl ':flock';
open FILE, 'file' or die "Bad open: $!";
flock FILE, LOCK_EX;
if you're on Win9x and need to lock a file then you don't really have an
option other than to get a real operating system (sorry ;)
as for creating a temporary file .. usually there's no locking involved -
because you'll usually use a different filename for each temporary file that
you create
your best bet is to check out the perl FAQ which was installed on your
system when you installed Perl
you can get to by typing the following at a command prompt
perldoc -q temporary
there are a few different solutions for different situations
there are also a number of FAQ items on file locking - if that's actually
what you need
perldoc -f lock
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jason king
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