Re: On file locking

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Shridhar Daithankar<shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in> wrote:

> Besides file locking is implemented using setgid  bit on most unices. And
> everybody is free to do what he/she thinks right with it.

I don't believe it's implemented with the setgid bit on most Unices. As
I recall, it's certainly not on Xenix, SCO Unix, any of the BSDs, Linux,
SunOS, Solaris, and Tru64 Unix.

(I'm talking about the flock system call, here.)

cjs
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