[PLUG] file locking

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 07/17/2009 10:27 AM, म.हा.सा.ग.र wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Aditya Godbole<aag.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Manas Alekar<maalekar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> You might be interested in mandatory file locking via setgid. Mount
>>> using option mand and then use lockf. There are pitfalls, though.
>>
>> I am looking at a user level approach, not a programmer level approach.
>>
> 
> this is not a direct answer to your question but the approach maybe
> helpful in general sense... anywhere...
> 
> the story:

<snipped a story>

If you don't have a direct helpful suggestion, it would be wise to
refrain from adding noise.

Rahul