Re: Safe unlocking

From: Vladimir Zolotykh (gsmith_at_eurocom.od.ua)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:22:32 +0200

> one simplistic way to handle normal sorts of unexpected death is to fork
> after creating the lock file, then let the parent remove it when the child
> (which does all the work) exits.

Obliged to you. I like the idea. 

-- 
Vladimir Zolotykh

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