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Re: History file locking?

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From: schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Barton E. Schaefer)
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: History file locking?
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 10:12:52 -0700
In-reply-to: Anthony Heading <aheading@xxxxxxxxxxxx> "Re: History file locking?" (Apr 10, 6:08pm)
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On Apr 10,  6:08pm, Anthony Heading wrote:
} Subject: Re: History file locking?
}
} More than it's worth for the history.  But wouldn't it make a rather nice
} general-purpose builtin?  `lockfile' from procmail is a pretty useful
} utility - to have equivalent functionality in zsh would be great.

I think this one falls in the category of "if you can do it with an
external process, it doesn't belong in the shell".

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Bart Schaefer                     Vice President, Technology, Z-Code Software
schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx                  Division of NCD Software Corporation
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