I'm just reading in the Perl DBI book about flock. It says it works in Windows NT/2000, just not on Windows 95/98. That's just what I read, haven't tested it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: flock > > Starting very soon, we'll be changing from Linux to NT. > > Currently, at the beginning of programs I use the following > use Fcntl qw(:flock); > then later in the scripts I use > flock(FILE, LOCK_EX); > > The Perl 5 book I have says flock function doesn't work in Windows > systems. > > I don't want to create a lock file each time someone accesses a file and > then have to delete that lock. > > What other options are available in Windows systems? > > Brian Shoemaker
