Re^2: Testing if your code successfully flocked

On Solaris, I get:

$ perl a
1
1
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I think Joost is right, which sucks rocks. *sighs*

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Re^3: Testing if your code successfully flocked by Joost (Canon) on Apr 26, 2005 at 15:13 UTC
For a work-around, I guess unlocking the file in the child process, and then re-issuing the flock() /should/ work, but to be 100% certain, close() and re-open the file in the child process. Update: Interestingly, on linux the above code outputs `1 0` [download] So there the lock seems to be associated with the handle, not the file. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]

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Update: Interestingly, on linux the above code outputs

1
0
[download]

So there the lock seems to be associated with the handle, not the file.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"