Re: leading dot and trailing # in lock files

Hi Mike, On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 8:00 AM Kaganski Mike wrote: > > Hi Olivier, > > > От: Olivier Tilloy > Отправлено: 14 июля 2018 г. 2:47 > Кому: mikekagan...@hotmail.com > Копия: libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org > Тема: Re: leading

RE: leading dot and trailing # in lock files

Hi Olivier, От: Olivier Tilloy Отправлено: 14 июля 2018 г. 2:47 Кому: mikekagan...@hotmail.com Копия: libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org Тема: Re: leading dot and trailing # in lock files Thanks Mike for the insights, My approach of changing the lock filename

Re: leading dot and trailing # in lock files

Thanks Mike for the insights, My approach of changing the lock filename pattern was indeed naive and would invalidate the benefits of a cross-applications, cross-versions lock mechanism. There's little point in implementing an alternative pattern in cases where the regular lock file cannot be

RE: leading dot and trailing # in lock files

When tweaking lock files naming, please keep in mind why the lock files are used in the first place. One of their goals is telling other programs (it means, other LibreOffice/AOO/OOo instances opening same files from other sessions/boxes) that the file is in use (when OS/FS doesn't provide