Just to add to Zaxo's above comment, flock() eq 'good' ...

People new to CGI programming often miss the fact that the http server will start multiple copies of your process, and any data files read/written could be done so at the same time. While reads are ok, all processes should be using flock() so they do not read partial data, or write at the same time as another process.

Moral of the story : Pleas use flock() for any CGI process which reads/writes data files.
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In reply to Re: News script again by MZSanford
in thread News script again by lagrenouille

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