On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00:57PM -0500, Calvin Morrison wrote: > On 12 January 2016 at 11:39, Dimitris Papastamos <s...@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.
