Re: [Exim] file locking

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Author: Tabor J. Wells
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Jason J. Horton, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] file locking
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 09:21:26AM +0100,
Philip Hazel <ph10@???> is thought to have said:

> 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.


"dot locking" is a common way of saying that a program creates a lock file
of filename.lock

Tabor

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