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From: Colin Mahoney
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 00:00

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I want to create a lock file while I open a file, process it, write
out the new file then overwrite the old one with the new one.

What's the standard way to do this? I have no previous experience with
linux, so thanks for any help.

Colin Mahoney

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