low-end persistence strategies?

[John Lenton]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:43:42PM -0800, Michele Simionato wrote:
> <snip simple example with flock>
> 
> What happens if for any reason the application crashes?
> Locked files will stay locked or not? And if yes, how do I
> unlock them?

the operating system cleans up the lock.

-- 
John Lenton (john at grulic.org.ar) -- Random fortune:
Linux ext2fs has been stable for a long time, now it's time to break it
	-- Linuxkongreß '95 in Berlin
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