Hi,
I have a question about file locking:
I have the following condition
:0:$HOME/locked
* some condition
$HOME/locked
:0a
sh blahblah $HOME/locked
I have two questions:
1) I need to make sure that $HOME/locked stays locked until blah blah does
it's stuff. How to I make sure that the file stays locked (note, this
could be as long as 15-20 min).
2) What is the difference between the "a" and the "A" flag? I'm not sure.
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