lockf(3c) safety

[Patrick Hertel]

 I want to use lockf but my experience with other systems (non-UNIX) is that
a lock flag can by way of some hiccup stay on long after the process holding
the lock is a memory. Has anyone had this kind of a problem on UNIX?
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Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
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phertel at cmc.aes.doe.ca     Dorval,Quebec
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