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SubjectRe: lockd does not work as expected


On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Ruben Schattevoy wrote:

> Trond Myklebust wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > 'flock' does not and will not ever work other than for local file
> > locking. This is consistent with existing practice on other UNIX
> > systems. For locking over NFS or other networking filesystems, use
> > true POSIX locks using the 'fcntl' or 'lockf' API.
> >
>
> Thanks a lot. I'll try to replace the flock system
> call by any of the others. Actually flock worked
> perfectly as long as I just use solaris nodes. So
> the linux system is not "consistent with existing
> practice on other UNIX's".

Yes, the semantics are not consistant across platforms. AIX and Digital
Unix 4.x also seem to support flock() over NFS. Which Unices _don't_
support it (just for curiousity)?


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