Re: Error in CGI::Session on Windows: flock() not implemented

What Perl installation are you using on Windows (ActiveState...what version?) and can you run the following code (taken from the perldoc):

 use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants

 sub lock {
     flock(MBOX,LOCK_EX);
     # and, in case someone appended
     # while we were waiting...
     seek(MBOX, 0, 2);
 }

 sub unlock {
     flock(MBOX,LOCK_UN);
 }

 open(MBOX, ">>/usr/spool/mail/$ENV{'USER'}")
         or die "Can't open mailbox: $!";

 lock();
 print MBOX $msg,"\n\n";
 unlock();
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Re^2: Error in CGI::Session on Windows: flock() not implemented by sara2005 (Scribe) on Dec 12, 2005 at 19:32 UTC
I am using version 5.6.1 code you gave doesn't work. It fails with message 'Can't open mailbox: no file or directory" because I am trying this in windows and it can't find '/usr/spool/mail...'	[reply]
Re^3: Error in CGI::Session on Windows: flock() not implemented by InfiniteSilence (Curate) on Dec 12, 2005 at 19:50 UTC
Sorry, I suppose I should have told you to revise the file path to something that exists on your machine (probably c:\\temp\\something_or_other.txt). Revise and try and see if it dies on the flock() call. Update: Why aren't you using a newer version of Perl? Celebrate Intellectual Diversity	[reply]
Re^4: Error in CGI::Session on Windows: flock() not implemented by sara2005 (Scribe) on Dec 13, 2005 at 00:00 UTC
Thanks for the update. I tried changing the script as you suggested. I get this message "flock() unimplemented on this paltform". I am runnign this on windows 98SE. Is that the cause of this error?	[reply]
Re^4: Error in CGI::Session on Windows: flock() not implemented by sara2005 (Scribe) on Dec 13, 2005 at 00:05 UTC
Thanks for the update. I tried changing the script as you suggested. I get this message "flock() unimplemented on this paltform". I am using perl 5.6.1 to be consistent with the version I have in Unix ( I don't have admin privileges in Unix to install the latest version) I am running this on windows 98SE. Is that the cause of this error?	[reply]