Re: File locking question

From: "M . Thielker" <balsa t-data com>
To: Balsa List <balsa-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: File locking question
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:14:13 +0200

Hi,

On 2001.07.13 14:38 Olaf Fr1czyk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use several mailboxes.
> Does Balsa lock (using flock, or fcntl) mailbox files.

Balsa uses libmutt, which does dotlocking exclusively. libmutt's developers
claim in comments that all other mechanisms are unsafe and nonportable.

References:
- File locking question
  - From: Olaf Frączyk

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