in reply to Reaped: Re^5: file lock error
in thread file lock error

thanks for the extra help! We got it working. I put an unlock and a sleep 1 in: 
_mailme($opaddr, $badsubject, $runlog);
sleep 1;
flock($RLOG, LOCK_UN);
_logroll($runlog);

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