Re: Some confusion with flock.

[Nicolas George <george@nsup.org>]

Tim Woodall (HE12025-10-24):
> Yes, I agree that it's absurd to have code that periodically warns you it's
> waiting for something else to complete, particularly when the only reason I
> found this was that it was warning me that it was waiting.
> 
> Far, far better to have it silently hung and never update the firewall.

It would not have hung if you had done it the right way. And there are
better tools to test and debug than a clumsy poll loop.

But I see by your sarcasm that you are not interested in my advice, so
for now on I will refrain from giving it.

-- 
  Nicolas George