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Re^4: What the flock!? Concurrency issues in file writing.by JavaFan (Canon) |
on Oct 01, 2008 at 20:38 UTC ( [id://714894]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Yeah, flock can fail, but that's typically a case of running out of system resources; possibly, but rare. It doesn't seem the OP is describing a case that happens only third blue moon.
It doesn't mean you shouldn't check the return value of flock, but I doubt that this is the cause of the problem.
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