[Xitami] How can I bypass flock

Mike Hodgson xitami@lists.xitami.org
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 00:55:52 -0400


"[strfle] clan" wrote:
> 
> I have windows me with xitami, and I installed the perl module.  I have
> problems with flock on perl scripts, sometimes they dont work.  Is there
> anyway I can install the nt perl module on windows me? How can i correct
> this?

As far as I know flock() doesn't work on the Windows platform. That is
the
case with atleast the ActiveState distribution of Perl. You might want
to
try installing the LockFile::Simple package from CPAN, it may work.

Mike