Robert Cummings wrote: >> I'm probably old fashioned, but to me all that stuff is way overkill. >> I also tend to think that synchronizing scripts is a job for the >> shell, not PHP. >> >> lockfile=/var/lock/<xxxx>/file >> # clear out a lock older than 60mins >> find $lockfile -cmin +60 | xargs rm >> test ! -f $lockfile && ( >> touch $lockfile >> <run some php> >> rm -f $lockfile >> ) > > Try running that on windows. Why? - we don't use Windows. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php