Re: Re: Using flock() on files

locks will be maintained even if your server/client crashes and is then restarted

This is not necessarily an advantage. You need a way to break old, stale locks that might be left behind after a crash.

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Re: Re: Re: Using flock() on files by perlplexer (Hermit) on Apr 20, 2003 at 14:13 UTC
I view this as an advantage because I'd rather have the locks stay than have corrupt data. You can easily write a tool for cleaning up old locks; writing a tool for restoring corrupt data, however, may not even be possible depending on what kind of data you're dealing with. --perlplexer	[reply]