The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: modid: File::NFSLock DSLIP: bdpOp description: NFS compatible (safe) locking utility userid: RHANDOM (Paul T. Seamons) chapterid: 10 (File_Names_Systems_Locking) communities: In company (for past year). Possibly on perlmonks.org similar: rationale: There are currently interfaces to flock. However, they do nothing to provide for locking across NFS. File::NFSLock provides safe, fast locking across NFS with little overhead. Our company has been looking for a solution for over a year. We recently saw a note that said hard linking is atomic across NFS. That was all we needed. There is something in Mail::Box::Locker that tries to do something similar, but it doesn't seem to be generalized and it is not a finished solution. File::NFSLock currently supports blocking and nonblocking locks and will soon allow for shared locking as well. enteredby: RHANDOM (Paul T. Seamons) enteredon: Fri May 25 05:05:16 2001 GMT The resulting entry would be: File:: ::NFSLock bdpOp NFS compatible (safe) locking utility RHANDOM Thanks for registering, The Pause Team PS: The following links are only valid for module list maintainers: Registration form with editing capabilities: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=88000000_ab9b5bd4fb63cfe1&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_preview=1 Immediate (one click) registration: https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_mod&USERID=88000000_ab9b5bd4fb63cfe1&SUBMIT_pause99_add_mod_insertit=1