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1998 Sep 18
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Locking issue
...uation:
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Unix writes a file to the /tmp directory
MS-DOS (WFW 3.11) copys over the file (copy d:\file.txt ), locking it, and
not releasing the lock.
If Unix subsequently changes the file a re-issuing of the MS-DOS 'copy'
command will appear to work ... but the MS-DOS file is _unchanged_.
If MS-DOS deletes the file and subsequently re-isses the MS-DOS 'copy' command
the OLD version of the file re-appears.
IE)
UNIX DOES
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copy /u1/tmp/input.prc /tmp/input.prc
cd /tmp
l /tmp/input.prc
-rw-rw-rw- 1 r...