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in thread the manuals fail me

The locking method appeals to me. Could you tell me what LOCK_EX should do, and which version of fcntl you use with it? My manpage does not mention it, and google is not helpful.

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Re^3: the manuals fail me
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 04, 2012 at 20:00 UTC
    ...and Perl only provides one flock, so no idea what "version of fcntl" means.
Re^3: the manuals fail me
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 30, 2012 at 03:49 UTC
    LOCK_EX is an exlusive lock. See man flock(2)