i was helping a friend set up procmail the other day, and he asked
about the final colon (local lockfile) on the recipes. i told him i'd
never used them (well, have on some recipes, haven't on others;
haven't noticed a difference) and have never noticed a difference.
the procmailrc(5) manpage "highly reccomends" use of lockfiles (do
they mean local?), and says that things can wind up in a big mess if
you don't. but it's not very enlightening about what exactly is being
locked ...
anyone have any opinions / dogma to share on the use or omission of
the second colon?
thanks,
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