Hi, when you setup a lockfile, and then fork(), you could easily end up with atexit() kicking in to remove the lockfile, before the main process has a chance to commit. (Yes, I need to hold the lock long before the fork()). Any ideas how to solve the problem? Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html