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benchivers
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Mar 17, 2003, 3:54 AM

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Flock with Win and Unix	Can't Post

What is the system acquivalent of the flock command for WinNT?

Does WinNT need file locking, when this file could be read by many people at one time? Is there a chance the file could be corrupt?

Many Thanks,

Ben Chivers
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davorg
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Mar 17, 2003, 5:10 AM

Post #2 of 5 (358 views)

Re: [benchivers] Flock with Win and Unix [In reply to]	Can't Post

You do need to "flock" file on WinNT. You do it using "flock" in exactly the same way as you do on Unix.

Some versions of WinNT doen't implement a native version of "flock" (why? who knows!) but in those cases recent versions of ActivePerl will simulate "flock" for you.

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Paul
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Mar 17, 2003, 7:00 AM

Post #3 of 5 (357 views)

Re: [benchivers] Flock with Win and Unix [In reply to]	Can't Post

If you aren't using the latest version of perl you will either need to upgrade or leave out the flock call. You could also do:

flock(FH, 2) unless $^O eq 'MSWin32';

...which says to call flock unless we are on a windows platform. Or you can "fake" flock using:

Code

BEGIN { 
   if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') { 
      *CORE::flock = sub { 1 }; 
   } 
};

..that will allow you to call flock as normal without having to include "unless $^O eq 'MSWin32'" for every call.

benchivers
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Mar 17, 2003, 8:30 AM

Post #4 of 5 (353 views)

Re: [Paul] Flock with Win and Unix [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi,

Thanks for both replies. I was almost certain WinNT didn't support the 'flock' command, I thought it was purely Unix based. I have one more question though, I have noticed the 'require' function command doesn't work in WinNT on the web server I am using, is it supported on this operating system or only Unix?

Cheers,

Ben Chivers
Wheres the damn coffee? zzzZZZZZ!!!

davorg
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Mar 18, 2003, 1:25 AM

Post #5 of 5 (350 views)

Re: [benchivers] Flock with Win and Unix [In reply to]	Can't Post

"require" works on all platforms. What code are you having trouble with and what error messages are you seeing?

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