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how to do file locking?
how to ensure all files are being locked while updateing some files?
example when i want to update the password and shadow file in unix. how do i implement file locking??

please advice
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There are many ways, described in our forum ( the Google search is at the upper right corner ) or the Internet. What are your details, like, preferred language and OS ? Personally I would prefer Perl or C in this regard, see this article for example.
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i wil lbe using shell script and ubuntu to test..
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