(sub get_number {
open(NUMBER,">>data.txt");
flock (NUMBER, 2);
Do blah blah blah
close (NUMBER);
closing a file automatically removes the lock?? or should I have to unlock it by
placing
flock (NUMBER, 8);
close (NUMBER);
My second question is how I can delay the execution of a script (If two
On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 02:32:05 +0500, Sara wrote:
> open(NUMBER,">>data.txt");
> flock (NUMBER, 2);
> close (NUMBER);
> closing a file automatically removes the lock??
The answer is yes. When you close files they will automatically
un-locked.
One thing though, you might want to use the fcntl module
Sara wrote:
> (sub get_number {
> open(NUMBER,">>data.txt");
> flock (NUMBER, 2);
Use the constants from the Fcntl module.
>
> Do blah blah blah
>
> close (NUMBER);
>
> closing a file automatically removes the lock??
Yes.
> or should I have to
> unlock it by placing
>
> flock (NUMBER, 8);
> clo
