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I recently posted a question about file locking and received a reply
from Walter Hunt.  I tried to reply by email but have been unsuccessful.
The message is of general interest, so I am posting it.

Neafsey's question:
> |> 
> |> One other thing: any solutions to demacs's problems with file locking
> |> when you SET TZ=CST-9???
> |> 
> 

Hunt's inquiry:
> 	Could you fill me in on what this file-locking problem is? I am having
> some truly annoying problems with file locking.
> 
> 	Thanks.
> 

Neafsey's reply:

According to the original (Japanese authors) installation instructions
for demacs, you are supposed to SET TZ=XST-9, where XST is your time
zone (CST for me).  This statement can be put in an emacs.bat file
that runs everytime you start demacs or in your config.sys file.

   When you do this, demacs keeps the right time, as you can
demonstrate if you type (current-time-string) in a buffer, put point
immediately after it, and then type C-x C-e.  Unfortunately, although
the time is right, when you try to save files, demacs starts telling
you it can't because of "userlock" or something like that.  You can
work around this by deleting the actual file using dired and then save
the buffer again.  However, this gets annoying.

   You can "solve" the problem by changing SET TZ=XST-9 to SET TZ=XST,
as mentioned in the demacs FAQ file and in the American installation
instructions.  Now demacs has no trouble saving files because of
userlock.  However, the time is now wrong, as you will see by doing
the (current-time-string) thing again.  It actually turns out to be
Japanese time (if it's really 6:00 AM your time, demacs says it's 8:00
PM).  When demacs reaches midnight, the day changes to tomorrow.  For
most people this is OK, a small but annoying quirk.  However, it sure
would be nice to have it keep correct time and date, so that files are
labeled with the right timestamp and calendar programs would work
right.

   That's it, as far as I understand it.  I'd like to fix it, but I
can live with it.

   Hope this helps you.  Let me know if you figure it out.

E.J. Neafsey