[Gambas-user] Locking files - best method

[nando]

Sharing a file exclusively locked very briefly and getting everything
to work correctly amongst multiple programs can be brain-twisting.
With increasing use of mulit-cores, the possibility for sharing files
using any lock technique is more important than ever before
because all associated programs can execute simultaneously.



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From: Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at ...221...>
To: mailing list for gambas users <gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:18:36 +0100
Subject: Re: [Gambas-user] Locking files - best method

> Stefano Palmeri schrieb:
> > Il giovedì 12 febbraio 2009 08:27:18 Rolf-Werner Eilert ha scritto:
> >> Good morning, folks :-)
> >>
> >> Once upon a time, maybe some weeks or even months ago, we had a
> >> discussion about how to lock a file for other users while it is written.
> >>
> >> My usual way was (and still is) using a xxx.lock file for indication.
> >>
> >> Someone on the list pointed me to the danger of overlapping
> >> file-creation and directory-reading so that in rare cases there would be
> >> no locking effect. He used locking by creating a lock-directory. After
> >> some 6 months in use, I have to admit that he was right. Every 6 or 8
> >> weeks or so, there is a collision with my system.
> >>
> >> I can't find these posts in the archives anymore, so please could you
> >> (whoever it was :-) ) give me your idea of locking by directory again?
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot in advance!
> >>
> >> Rolf
> >>
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> > That discussion is here, more or less:
> > 
> > http://www.nabble.com/commandline-output-redirect--to17365169.html#a19696934
> > 
> > Saluti,
> > 
> > Stefano
> >
> 
> Yeees - that was it :-) Thank you!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rolf
> 
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