Re: waiting for new files in a directory

[Mark Murray]

> Any ideas on how to do this?  Any suggestions on the process?

Simple lock (like flock(3)) in the perl script. Lock some ${FILE},
and if you can't get the lock, die. The file should contain the PID
of the process that holds the lock, so that a cleanerd can kill
stuck processes, or so that the lock can be blown away if needed.

Works like a charm.

M
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