Re: [Exim] file locking

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jason J. Horton
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] file locking
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Jason J. Horton wrote:

> Quick question: on FreeBSD using the exim from /usr/ports, does exim default to
> dot locking or flock()? If the pop3 server uses dot locking, and exim uses
> flock,
> will this cause problems?


I don't understand the phrase "dot locking". Also, Exim does not use
flock(). It uses either lock files or fcntl() or both; the default is to
use both, and I would guess that the FreeBSD port leaves the default
alone. Check the options for the appendfile transport in the runtime
configuration file.

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