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Locking files

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From: Kevin Wittkopf
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 1991 22:35
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I've been trying to lock a file in emacs, with no effect. Here's what
I'm doing:


1. load a file into buffer;
2. edit the buffer;
3. execute the function 'lock-buffer'. According to the Emacs doc, this
is supposed to lock
   the file if the buffer has been modified.
4. test lock by executing the predicate 'file-locked-p'. The return from
this is nil, indicating
   the file is not locked. (!)

As a further test, I also tried logging on to another system (as a
different user), and loading the
same file for editing. Emacs let me edit, so obviously no locking was in
effect.

Is it possible the version of emacs I'm using was built without
enabling/supporting locking?
Or, am I doing something wrong? 

Any advice/experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanx in advance.





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Subject: Locking files
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