[H-GEN] Fwd: No Luck Yet

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Mon Apr 1 06:53:48 EST 2002


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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Greg Black wrote:

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> Robert Brockway wrote:
> 
> | As a tip, many unix admins avoid the use of symlinks in /dev as they tend
> | to mess with file locking.
> 
> Many admins, especially those who have lived past lives as
> programmers, avoid attempting file locking in /dev -- too many
> Unix systems have outright prohibitions on such locks or bugs in
> their implementation.

Except you can't avoid some file locks :)  Locking of serial devices, etc.
Cheers,
	-Rob

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