Sunanda et al,

Sac> Gregg:

>> 1) Create a "lock" file when you access the database. The first thing
>>     you do is check for its existence, create it if not there, and
>>     delete it when you're done.

Sac> Though that gums things up if the task fails and does not delete the lock 
Sac> file -- all future tasks are blocked waiting for the lock file to be 
deleted by a 
Sac> dead process.

Yup, thanks for making that clear, since I didn't go into too much
detail in my post. What is that saying about "an exercise for the
reader...". :)

-- Gregg                         

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