Dan Peterson writes:
>
> During my research, I wanted to see how a client responds when a lock file
> exists. I assumed if I manually created a lock dir called #cvs.lock or a
> lock file called #cvs.rfl.<host>.<pid> or #cvs.wfl.<host>.<pid>, the
> client would report the module is locked.
Please read the relevant section of the manual:
<http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_2.html#SEC17>
> What am I missing? Shouldn't the existence of the lock file cause the
> cvs command to fail or wait?
Not necessarily. Any number of processes can have a directory read
locked at the same time, only write locks are exclusive.
-Larry Jones
Don't you hate it when your boogers freeze? -- Calvin
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