Bug in DECstation Ultrix 3.1 NFS locking?
George Robbins
grr at cbmvax.UUCP
Wed Oct 4 10:30:48 AEST 1989
In article <3196 at rti.UUCP> trt at rti.UUCP (Thomas Truscott) writes:
> We have been trying like crazy to get "lockf" to work
> correctly under DECstation Ultrix3.1, to no avail.
>
> Repeat By:
> From one DECstation, "cd" to an NFS-mounted directory
> on another DECstation (or Sparcstation), "touch foo",
> and run the following program:
>
> Help! Is this a known bug or a configuration problem or what?
> We need to know ASAP. Post a reply or send EMAIL,
> but also please call me (collect).
% man flock
flock(2)
NAME
flock - apply or remove an advisory lock on an open file
...
RESTRICTIONS
File region locking is not supported over NFS.
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