>>>>> "Nigel" == Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham@???> writes:
Nigel> Give flock a decent burial - dig deep and pile the crap high over it!
I think we need to support both for now.
Nigel> fcntl is the Linux locking mechanism of choice. Flock is emulated
Nigel> (badly) by libc.
I think in recent kernels both are implemented, not emulated in libc
anymore.