* On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 09:20PM +0100 Chris G ([email protected]) muttered: > If I open the mbox file with mutt and have mutt displaying the index > of messages and then the python script tries to write a new message to > the mailbox I would expect the python script to see the file is locked > and wait until mutt 'lets go'.
This is where you're assuming the mbox should be locked when only reading it. This is wrong. Locking is only needed when writing to the mbox. HTH, Michael -- "Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX." (By Stephan Zielinski) PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC1A44DD Jabber: [email protected]
