gdbm locking problem

[Michael Jeung <mjeung@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I am having trouble with gdbm locking.  I've written two very simple 
test scripts that I am running simultaneously and locking does not seem 
to be working properly.

1st Test Script - Opens a writer lock, then spins infinitely.
  dba_open("research.db", "wd", "gdbm");
  while(1) {
    echo "I have a writer lock on the file! \n";
  }

2nd Test Script: - Spins infinitely, trying to get a write lock on the 
file.
  while(1) {
    if(dba_open("research.db", "wd", "gdbm"))
      echo "I also have a write lock on the file! (using dba_open) \n";
  }

Here is the problem: When I run Script 1 and then Script 2 (while 
Script 1 is running), both scripts claim to have a writer lock on 
research.db.  This doesn't seem right.  What am I missing?

I'm running both of the scripts in the same directory on the same 
machine under FreeBSD 4.10.

Thanks for your help!

Michael Jeung

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