On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 20:22 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: > 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. I get requests from time to time to do windows work. My scripts just happen to work in windows or linux. I guess that's because I don't punt to shell scripts what is easily implemented in PHP ;) 99% of what I do is linux based. But knowing what to do for the other 1% is pure gold to my clients. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
