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Re: [Nmh-workers] Locking In Scripts and nmh Locking

2012-05-02 21:56:51
paul wrote:
On 5/3/2012 12:50 AM, Paul Fox wrote:
this is just curiousity on my part:  why does it matter?  i've always
figured that compared to the expense of actually doing things to the
files one is locking, the taking and releasing of the lock itself is
in the noise, performance-wise.  is one set of locking primitives
that much better than another?

pick -before 'jan 1' -seq foo -zer +outbox
refile foo -src +outbox +outbox.2011

i'd like that to complete in seconds not minutes.

okay.  between your and ken's examples, i'm convinced.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us (arlington, ma, 
where it's 42.1 degrees)

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