On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:14:21 +0000, Roger Leigh <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> wrote: >It's almost always a bad idea to use flock() instead of fcntl(). >fnctl() locking is effectively deprecating flock() I heard it was the other way around. Please explain ... >If you look at SUSv3/POSIX, you'll see that fcntl()/lockf() locking is >the only standardised form of locking. flock() isn't included in the >standard. I have no reason to limit my choices to "standards."