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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T11:39:02+00:00 2026-06-02T11:39:02+00:00

With lock files I mean: Create a file to lock a resource and delete

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With lock files I mean: Create a file to lock a resource and delete it when releasing it again.

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    2026-06-02T11:39:04+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 11:39 am

    Directly from the man page:

    NOTES
        flock() does not lock files over NFS.  Use fcntl(2) instead: that does work over NFS, given
        a sufficiently  recent version of Linux and a server which supports locking.
    

    I’m not saying using lock files is the better option over NFS, though.

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