Re: Netscape's Stale Lock Files -- Automatic Removal

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@bln.de>]

Paul Serice <ugs@laci.net> writes:

> I grew weary of starting Netscape after it crashed only to get the   
> message about there being a stale lock file.  So I added this small  
> script to my Netscape wrapper.  It seems to work.  Is there a better
> way of doing this?

I don't think so.  Your script seems to be okay.  Very strange way of
locking, netscape uses dangling symlinks here.  Why not simply using a
small text file with the same contents as the name the link points to?

        Torsten

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