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From: Dances With Babes
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:32
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:32
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Does anyone know if the "set -o noclobber" command is atomic? I'm trying to implement a semaphore in ksh, and this would be a good way, provided it's atomic (that it, no two people can create the file at the same time). If it's not atomic, anyone know of a good way to implement a semaphore using ksh? -tesco
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!bu.edu!bumetb.bu.edu!tesco From: tesco@bumetb.bu.edu (Dances With Babes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: noclobber Message-ID: <91773@bu.edu> Date: 23 Jul 92 21:32:34 GMT References: <1992Jul21.070212.16485@gbrmpa.gov.au> <1992Jul22.014834.1384@jpradley.jpr.com> <1992Jul23.191928.4948@walter.bellcore.com> Sender: news@bu.edu Reply-To: tesco@bumetb.bu.edu (Dances With Babes) Followup-To: comp.unix.shell Organization: Boston University Lines: 9