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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails
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Hunter Matthews |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails |
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Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:19:24 -0400 |
If we're using pythons flock, that is portable enough, yes?
(Or does the windows python port not support flock somehow?)
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 22:42, Ben Escoto wrote:
> >>>>> Kevin Spicer <address@hidden>
> >>>>> wrote the following on Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:03:29 +0100
>
> > What about just getting an exclusive lock on a file using flock. If you
> > can't get the lock then there is another rdiff-backup in progress, if
> > rdiff-backup fails then the process exiting will release the lock.
>
> Is locking portable though? I guess it would be enough if we could
> tell whether or not we had locking. If we have flock, and can't get a
> lock, then we know another rdiff-backup process is running (or a 3rd
> thing is broken).
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