Re: mbox ownership
'Mark Overmeer' <[email protected]>
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| Organization | MARKOV Solutions |
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* andre deblire ([email protected]) [040413 00:05]: > I found a workaround not extensively tested, but it seems to work : > ######## > $Folder->write(); > chown(...); > $Folder->close(); > ######## > > Do you see a problem with this ? When you use proper locking, this may work. However, on some platforms and with some locking methods, the folder lock is lost after a $folder->write. In those cases (which Kees Dekker is trying to solve) your work-around isn't 100% safe. -- MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drs Mark A.C.J. Overmeer MARKOV Solutions [email protected] [email protected] http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net