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Re: flock and read-ahead buffering on input

by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop)
on Apr 17, 2014 at 22:34 UTC ( [id://1082687]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to flock and read-ahead buffering on input

FWIW, I have successfully used Perl flock on both Unix (many flavors) and Windows for many years. Essentially, I use the approach described here. I found that using a separate zero-size lock file to (advisory) lock the (whole) file being updated, rather than attempting to lock the file being changed, improved robustness and overall simplicity of the code, especially on Windows, where I ran into a number of glitches when attempting to lock the file being modified.

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