--- Nichole Bialczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm curious as to how secure flock is. if the file is locked and > another user tries to access it, does it wait or does it kick them > off? also, is it ever possible for it to get stuck? I think you can set the semantics to wait, or return an immediate fail. Also, it *is* possible to set up a cascading lock loop which will put you into an eternal wait state. Try perldoc -f flock __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
