Re: My way to check if a progam is already running

On Jun 25, 4:10 am, Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

EAGAIN means test again, and I have tested this soft and forced the
EAGAIN condition.
Unless (we still have to look at the lockf() source) EAGAIN is used wrongly,
the loop is correct.

I have see errno values been used wrongly before.
It is just playing safe.

Err, what?! EAGAIN does not mean "test again", it means the file is
locked. Since that was what you wanted to know, ...

You seem *extremely* confused.

DS

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