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1. Emergency UNIX and Linux Support
Got a weird problem.
I have a user that inherited a data processing system written in Perl. The system consists of about 150 Perl scripts and about 40 Fortran executables.
The system had been working fine until recently, when I changed our file server configuration.
First the system... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ccj4467
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
All,
Just wondering if someone has a file open on client A for writing and it is locked, is that file still readable from client A or B?
Basically I'm just wanting to know if a file is opened already, can it still be opened for read only? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: markdjones82
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
i am working on a device runnin on linux....i have configured the samba server in the device such that my windows PC can access a shared folder in the device. Also in the device i am runnin some programs which access the files in this shared folder. What i want to know is whether there is any way i... (1 Reply)
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4. Solaris
hello,
I have a challenge to find a way to lock down a file in a user's home directory, such that a user can NOT modify, rename, move, delete, etc. The solution needs to be deployable without, for example, having to switch from unix to windows, etc
We are using NFS. We want to lock the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jvmagic
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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
thanks (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: yang
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
how do i implement file locking in unix?
example if i want to update a file, i would like to use file locking. how do i implement it?
i am using shell script
thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: yang
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
We want to lock a file, during a program(pgm1) execution(until the execution of the program is completed), so that other program(pgm2) can't read/edit that file, until execution of earlier program(pgm1) is completed. How can this be achieved thru shell scripting...
we tried chmod +l option, but... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: thanuman
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
Does anyone know what happens when two processes are simultaneously trying to write to a single file in UNIX (AIX)?
Cheers (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: penfold
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
I would like to lock a file using korn Shell Script before coping the contents of the file.
Do let me know
Thanks in Advance.
Senone (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: senone
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a set of scripts to do software releases to remote machines which uses ftp. I'm having a problem getting 'lost connection' messages.
What I wanted to ask is, does ftp employ some sort of file locking if two ftp processes are trying to copy the same file at the same time? & if so could... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kevin Pryke
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01-29-2004
