On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 06:20:54 -0700,
Bill Moseley <moseley(_at_)netcom(_dot_)com> wrote:
I need to set a lock file for a group of recipes.
Is there any difference if I use LOCKFILE verses using something like
:0:local.lock
{
Actually, there is.
$ cat scratch/rc
:0:pluck
{
:0:
/tmp/output
}
$ procmail DEFAULT=/dev/null scratch/rc </dev/null
procmail: Extraneous locallockfile ignored
In a VERBOSE log, you'll actually notice that it locks, then releases
the lockfile +before+ going inside the block.
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