Re: Multiple users sharing a .aspell.en.pws file

Kevin Atkinson <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:53:14 -0700 (MST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.aspell.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, Steve Young wrote:

> Would it be possible for me to just link every user's personal
> .aspell.en.pws file to another single file, such that when they Add a word
> to the list it then becomes a valid word for all users?

Yes

> Will aspell handle file-locking so that no collisions or damage occur to the
> single shared file?

Yes.  Aspell personal dictionary is add only for this very reason.  In 
fact when you save you don't just save but sync so that the user will also 
so any recent additions to the file.